X-Man speaks the truth.
For IDPACONVERT, I can assure you that those who had firearms seized when OIC 12(4) came into being way back in the early 1990s were offered zero compensation. I have several friends who happened to own FAMAS rifle and Franchi SPAS-12 shotguns at the time. None received a penny in exchange for complying with the legal edict to surrender their firearms for destruction. The smart ones were able to export them to the US prior to their 94 Assault Weapons Ban and got their money back. Most didn't.
I have said it before, and I will say it again. In this country, registration DOES equal confiscation. The truth of that statement has been repeatedly borne out, and is being validated yet again with the proposed handgun ban.
Just ask any 12(2), 12(3), 12(4), or 12(5) owner about the current market value of their legally-acquired (and duly taxed) firearms purchases. Those firearms are doomed to confiscation and destruction upon the demise of the current owner, with zero compensation paid to the estate. No bequeathing to heirs, no nothing. Unless you choose to donate them in your will to a museum - for a whopping 17 Cents on the appraised value dollar....
All of the 12(x) firearms were voluntarily registered by their owners on the Lieberal "promise" that they would then be left alone. Yeah, right. First, they registered those firearms. Then, a couple of years later they prohibited and grandfathered those firearms - reducing the investment value to zero. And most recently, the Lieberals have decided that those very same firearms are suddenly too "unsafe" to fire at certified ranges, so they have stopped issuing the "one-time-use" Special Authority to Possess permits required to transport the "evil guns" for target shooting. All of the above despite the fact that NO crime has EVER been committed with a duly-registered 12(x) firearm in Canada. NEVER.
But mere facts and logical arguments can't stop the Lieberal "social engineers" from enacting their utopian socialist will upon the people of Canada. They will keep on screwing you and I until they are removed from power. It is really that simple. The proof is soundly reflected in their actions to date. They WANT you to be a victim, entirely dependant upon their inadequate "societal safety net". That way, you are merely an impotent subject, bending at the whims of those who would decide your fate.
Scary stuff......