If handguns are banned, which I don't think will happen, a large number of guns will not be taken away.
This is how I see things:
1)Handguns are banned. Some protests follow.
2)Less than half of handguns will be turned in by fearfull gun owners.
3)The remaining 50% + will take a tough stand on this issue, thereaning civil disobedience, protests, etc...some, even violence. The Liberal Govt issues warnings to these gun owners not to #### with the (new) law and the system, while realizing things are very bad for them. They have turned a small issue onto something very big and dangerous(A BIG CAN OF WORMS), they are worried. What have we gotten ourselves into?
4)Gun owners who get charged with other offences(NON gun related) will now loose their handguns and long rifles; the government feels it has a good excuse to confiscate in this case.
5)First visits(to gun owners who refused to surrender their guns), from the confiscation task force spark violence and even some bloody shootouts. The situation is bad. Many farms throught the West have signs saying "tresspassers should expect armed response".
I do not want to speculate on how bad things will get, but there will be a point where the people of Central Canada(you know who you are

) will wake up. The Lieberals will (very) slowly begin another handgun amnesty, which will eventually lead to the scrapping of the whole thing...and of course those who gave up their handguns cannot have them back because they were destroyed; and they cannot buy any more because they do not have the proper licence. oops
At the end of this process both the liberals and gun owners will have some closure; the Commies in Ottawa will be happy that they have sliced a huge chunk of Candian gun ownership, while the remaining gun owners have consolidated their postion on this issue.
But maybe I don't know Canadians very well, maybe they will surrender their guns within two weeks of legislation coming into effect.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot...there will of course be an inquiery into the whole scandal, which will mean plenty more millions down the drain.
