If they were to actually ban guns...

[pmata814]

....Then what would we have to do with the ones we already own? Would they be confiscated? If so would we be reimbursed what we paid?

I apologize if this question sounds dumb but im totally new to firearms and have no clue how this would work. my bros and i just got into plinking about a month ago so we bought a couple of .22 rifles and a pistol. We really want to get an AR-15 but it just occurred to me that they could very well prohibit the ownership of this weapon (as a result of the colorado tragedy) after we have already purchased it...then what? Thanks for any help with this.

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[Bubba613]

If my grandmother had a beard, she'd be my grandfather.
Given the entirely speculative nature of the question--i.e. it ain't gonna happen, it is useless to speculate on the details.

 

[cacoltguy]

Considering the bankrupt nature our government currently finds itself in and the monumental task (financially and manpower wise) of tracking down and confiscating a couple hundred million firearms, it's a very long shot. If it ever did happen I would fully expect freedom loving Americans to do their constitutional duty and revolt in a serious way. Instead, they will do what they have always done and try to make it harder for lawful people to own firearms in the future with endless regulation.

 

[theautobahn]

Instead, they will do what they have always done and try to make it harder for lawful people to own firearms in the future with endless regulation.

For the OP, this translates to: Buy your AR now!

 

[bluetopper]

Think it can't happen? We are just one Supreme Court Justice away from it right now.

Let our current President get elected again to appoint him.

 

[gspn]

If my grandmother had a beard, she'd be my grandfather.
Given the entirely speculative nature of the question--i.e. it ain't gonna happen, it is useless to speculate on the details.

I don't know dude...I had an Aunt with a mustache...

 

[tomrkba]

Bad things would happen.

 

[The-Reaver]

They can take my guns, I will just hand them over. I mean, that is what a people is supposed to do when the government tells them to right?

 

[Shear_stress]

For the OP, this translates to: Buy your AR now!

No, the answer is to get out there and educate your friends, family and elected representatives. As I've been saying in another thread, the rate of violent crime in this country has been declining despite more guns being sold, the rise of concealed weapons laws, the expiration of the "assault weapons" ban, etc. Statistically, there is absolutely no need for any additional legislation and we need to get this point across to as many people as possible. We need to get people to see beyond tragic but rare events and understand that overall we haven't been this safe since the early 1960s.

 

[Certaindeaf]

You'd want to practice holding your breath. Or invest in Zyklon B futures.

 

[glassman]

The gubment will let you buy all the guns you want but the ammo will be taxed to the point it will be unaffordable.

 

[Sam1911]

As others have pointed out, there is no law even being discussed, let alone up for a vote, to do such a thing so speculating on how it would happen is pointless.

For the little bit it may be worth, in the few instances where certain guns have been "banned," those guns have more or less universally "grandfathered." In the US, there is practically no history of folks having to turn in guns they already own.

But without some legal text to read, which would say what a new law is going to require, it really does become pointless to speculate. And when we pointlessly speculate, we tend to see the worst of Chicken Little and chest-thumping machismo start to peek their ugly heads into our discussions.