Here I sit, reflecting on the very real possibility that Carney will become Canada's next Prime Minister, and I wonder about the law-abiding gun collectors who wish to continue collecting in their chosen field.
I've been collecting since I bought my first WWI Lee Enfield rifle back in 1969. Now, over fifty years later, "things military" have come under close scrutiny by certain federal governments in these past years. We've seen wartime machine guns converted to semi-auto go by the wayside, to the point that in order to own a specific military firearm, it's necessary to own it as deactivated. "Old Spec" or "New spec", it's come down to that. And with the Liberals in the past ten years, even non-firing replica guns made by Shoei in Japan, and MGC in earlier years, have made it to the list of "prohibited". And if non-firing copies are no longer available, where does that leave the deactivated original military firearms? They no longer shoot, either.
Will they join the legion of "prohibs", just because they look like an "assault gun"?
I wonder if there will ever be a "buy back" option presented by the government for these types of guns. It has yet to happen, and probably won't.
So now I have the option to purchase a non-firing MGC sub gun for $1000, or a deactivated MG42 for $5500. The former, now prohibited, and the latter.........................?
Canadian voters vote from their gut, not from their head. Voters also have a short memory. Have the Trudeau Years escaped their brain cells already?
Ah, for the Good Old Days...........
I've been collecting since I bought my first WWI Lee Enfield rifle back in 1969. Now, over fifty years later, "things military" have come under close scrutiny by certain federal governments in these past years. We've seen wartime machine guns converted to semi-auto go by the wayside, to the point that in order to own a specific military firearm, it's necessary to own it as deactivated. "Old Spec" or "New spec", it's come down to that. And with the Liberals in the past ten years, even non-firing replica guns made by Shoei in Japan, and MGC in earlier years, have made it to the list of "prohibited". And if non-firing copies are no longer available, where does that leave the deactivated original military firearms? They no longer shoot, either.
Will they join the legion of "prohibs", just because they look like an "assault gun"?
I wonder if there will ever be a "buy back" option presented by the government for these types of guns. It has yet to happen, and probably won't.
So now I have the option to purchase a non-firing MGC sub gun for $1000, or a deactivated MG42 for $5500. The former, now prohibited, and the latter.........................?
Canadian voters vote from their gut, not from their head. Voters also have a short memory. Have the Trudeau Years escaped their brain cells already?
Ah, for the Good Old Days...........
