# Gun Thread: "Boat Accidents" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-thread-boat-accidents/560939 "2010-11-17T02:46:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miltonyz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Miltonyz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miltonyz)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-thread-boat-accidents/560939/21 "2010-11-18T21:30:37Z")
> [@](#): > > A rabidly conservative friend of mine went out and bought a number of assault-style semi-auto rifles to resell on the black market after the Obama administration bans guns, so I am not surprised that there are people who would do something like in the OP. I’m pretty sure with the last assault weapon ban the sale of used weapons wasn’t banned just new firearms. Tightened supply led to very inflated prices on things like hi-cap magazines and AR-15 receivers. If you actually believed that Obama would reinstate the ban it would a paying investment. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-thread-boat-accidents/560939/22 "2010-11-19T00:42:20Z")
The people who say that are joking. The people who _do_ that, don’t say _anything_. I also remember hearing that particular joke before Obama was elected, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-thread-boat-accidents/560939/23 "2010-11-19T15:38:49Z")
> [@Miltonyz](#): > > I’m pretty sure with the last assault weapon ban the sale of used weapons wasn’t banned just new firearms. Tightened supply led to very inflated prices on things like hi-cap magazines and AR-15 receivers. If you actually believed that Obama would reinstate the ban it would a paying investment. Right - under the 1994 ban, everything that existed beforehand was still perfectly legal to own and sell. New manufacture however, could not violate the new requirements. So 30 rd military mags that sold for $5 before the ban jumped up to $30-50, and preban AR-15s were about twice the price as post ban. The second was particularly foolish, since the only difference between a vanilla pre & post ban AR was the presence of a flash hider & bayonet lug. But yes, there were people who stocked up right before the 1994 ban and made some decent money out of it, perfectly legitimately - no black market required. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-thread-boat-accidents/560939/24 "2010-11-19T17:24:41Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > From a gun owner’s perspective, what’s the objection to having a registered gun? Why keep it off the record? Is it just the paranoia that someday the Government is going to overturn the 2nd Amendment and come looking to take your gun away, without you having enough advance warning to have a boating accident in the meantime? Knowledge is power. People don’t want to be on ownership lists. If the gun is registered then the gun grabbers have a list of people to visit and confiscate guns from, and exactly what guns to expect. Yeah it’s paranoia, but in a worst case scenario (martial law, foreign invasion, etc) it may make sense. But highly unlikely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-thread-boat-accidents/560939.md?page=1)