A question to the community at large, are you planning on purchasing as many NR/R semi-autos as possible before the oct.21 election to drive up ownership
and potential buy back statistics?
Here is my thinking , flawed?
I would rather take my chances in owning as many semi-autos as possible before a potential country wide ban on ALL semi's comes into effect, which would of course prevent future purchase and ownership of these types of firearms. I own several already, including an AR-15.
I could see a buy back program for ar-15's and variants (there seems to be a hard on for removing these from civil ownership), at a substantial cost to the tax payers, but is the public willing to stomach a buy-back program for ALL semi-autos which would drive costs into the multi-Billions? outside of an ar-15 buy-back, I could see a move to prohibit semi-autos with grandfather clauses, but that would still allow me to retain ownership of all my semi's. While I understand that would mean that I couldnt take them out and shoot them freely, or at all, but I would still have them for any future social disorder/zombie apocalypse/economic collapse/tin foil hat scenarios that may arise in the future vs. NEVER being able to acquire them at all.
the way is see it, if the liberals win the election and implement their civil disarmament agenda, it will take years and hundreds of millions or even billions to implement. not too mention the administrative burden on RCMP to enforce. now, with a proposed 2 year amnesty and a civil disobedience movement (i for one will never willingly hand over my current legally purchased firearms ), could we not retain our firearms and wait out their term? I suspect another liberal federal term will cause a significant economic downfall that will leave even liberal voters asking why their government is spending billions on something that has shown no effect on the crime rates (much like the LGR debacle)? studies have clearly shown that crime, and especially violent crime, increases in economic recessions, which I see coming with another liberal term.
With Bill c-71, retailers have to retain records of purchase, which I suspect the RCMP will want to access from every single retailer in order to determine how many NR were purchased in the event a full semi-auto ban/buy-back comes into effect. that alone could be an administrative nightmare and take a significant amount of time. Again leading to my thinking that a 4 year term wont be enough for the liberals to effectively remove semi-autos from civilian owners.
I have purchased 2 in the past week and have 1 more on the way. funds permitted, I have plans for a few more before oct. 21st in hopes that when the liberals finally tally up the costs for implementing their plan, they may realize its not fiscally or politically possible to implement.
aside from an RCMP officer arriving at my door with a warrant to retrieve my firearms, I will not simply comply and instead take my chances. If that makes me a paper criminal then thats something I am prepared to live with. a knock at my door may change my position, however, I think that will be a slim-to-none chance of ever happening.
I realize everyone has different reasons for owning firearms, whether its hunting, sport shooting, or simply the possessing the ability to protect and defend ourselves and loved ones, with maximum force if necessary, and may not have the same perspective.
am I out to lunch here? thoughts?
and potential buy back statistics?
Here is my thinking , flawed?
I would rather take my chances in owning as many semi-autos as possible before a potential country wide ban on ALL semi's comes into effect, which would of course prevent future purchase and ownership of these types of firearms. I own several already, including an AR-15.
I could see a buy back program for ar-15's and variants (there seems to be a hard on for removing these from civil ownership), at a substantial cost to the tax payers, but is the public willing to stomach a buy-back program for ALL semi-autos which would drive costs into the multi-Billions? outside of an ar-15 buy-back, I could see a move to prohibit semi-autos with grandfather clauses, but that would still allow me to retain ownership of all my semi's. While I understand that would mean that I couldnt take them out and shoot them freely, or at all, but I would still have them for any future social disorder/zombie apocalypse/economic collapse/tin foil hat scenarios that may arise in the future vs. NEVER being able to acquire them at all.
the way is see it, if the liberals win the election and implement their civil disarmament agenda, it will take years and hundreds of millions or even billions to implement. not too mention the administrative burden on RCMP to enforce. now, with a proposed 2 year amnesty and a civil disobedience movement (i for one will never willingly hand over my current legally purchased firearms ), could we not retain our firearms and wait out their term? I suspect another liberal federal term will cause a significant economic downfall that will leave even liberal voters asking why their government is spending billions on something that has shown no effect on the crime rates (much like the LGR debacle)? studies have clearly shown that crime, and especially violent crime, increases in economic recessions, which I see coming with another liberal term.
With Bill c-71, retailers have to retain records of purchase, which I suspect the RCMP will want to access from every single retailer in order to determine how many NR were purchased in the event a full semi-auto ban/buy-back comes into effect. that alone could be an administrative nightmare and take a significant amount of time. Again leading to my thinking that a 4 year term wont be enough for the liberals to effectively remove semi-autos from civilian owners.
I have purchased 2 in the past week and have 1 more on the way. funds permitted, I have plans for a few more before oct. 21st in hopes that when the liberals finally tally up the costs for implementing their plan, they may realize its not fiscally or politically possible to implement.
aside from an RCMP officer arriving at my door with a warrant to retrieve my firearms, I will not simply comply and instead take my chances. If that makes me a paper criminal then thats something I am prepared to live with. a knock at my door may change my position, however, I think that will be a slim-to-none chance of ever happening.
I realize everyone has different reasons for owning firearms, whether its hunting, sport shooting, or simply the possessing the ability to protect and defend ourselves and loved ones, with maximum force if necessary, and may not have the same perspective.
am I out to lunch here? thoughts?
