Owning an AR just for the sake of it

J_Scott

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I have a really nice LMT AR, it's set up just the way I want, functions perfectly, is accurate for an SBR... but, I just don't like shooting it. I find myself at the trap, handgun or Long Distance range way more. However, I continue to own this firearm just for the fact that if they're ever banned, I'll be grandfathered.

I'm definitely not a tin-foil hat guy, but what are the chances of this happening? Is that how things worked with the 12(2-6)?

I have some other projects the money would go towards funding if I ever sold it, so the question is... do I HAVE to own an AR? I know you guys will set me straight! ;)
 
I'm more of a pistol guy myself but have always kept one AR in the safe for political reasons. When I've been poor on more than one occasion, I have sold the rifle and bought a cheap stripped lower to keep something registered in my name. So you could consider something similar.

All that said I finally have my current AR set up the way I like it, so if lean times come again I will probably sell something else.
 

Either grandfathered, confiscated, or left as is. Depends on Pretty Boy's mood, at the time. But grandfathering isn't a sure thing, for this all out killing machine(their words, not mine).
 
You find that as the decades go by.. Your interests change. Way easier to get back into it when you have one.
Keep it unless you can't survive without the money from the sale
 
Thanks for your opinions, it seems my fear isn't unfounded.

It just seems stupid as I always have invested money into black guns that I never shoot. SL-8, XCR's, Tavor etc. Meanwhile, here I am shooting trap with an 870 and a Derya MK10 haha.
 
Just for interest and information, there is no way for the feds to "Grandfather" any other firearm without a complete re-wright of the firearms act. The prohibited classes were conjured up on a list and nothing can be added to those specific lists. AR's almost went prohibited the first time but the DCRA kinda raised a stink and saved them, also, even then there were a few of them in the country.

Take a look at the prohibited lists, there were really 2, prohibited period and prohibited with grandfathering. It was pretty easy to figure out why. The prohibited period guns were fairly few where as the grandfathered guns had a few more, for just 10 or so people to put up a fight, government can win that pretty easy but a few thousand and the government has a fight.

Scott
 
J_Scott said:
Noted.

I've made my decision, thanks guys. Going to spend my money where I use it and not be worried about the government.
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Good call. I only make my decisions based on what IS currently. Not what may happen. There is no telling what the government might decide to do to us sometime in the future. No guarantees for anything
 
GUB said:
You find that as the decades go by.. Your interests change. Way easier to get back into it when you have one.
Keep it unless you can't survive without the money from the sale
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That's the same with all hobbies and true... Most firearm hobbiest folks are in general "hobby ppl" and maybe "tinkerers" ... Beer brewing, guitars, wood working, cars, bikes... All that stuff... You can come and go into hobbies as the seasons of your life change. I have always been a "hobby guy" and keep stuff just because. Can't hurt to keep an AR of you can afford it.
 
Keep the AR. You may want to use it later in life. You may decide to get into 3-gun or other competitions with it. Plus, always a good SHTF rifle to have.
 
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