[Yo-Yo]

Using a $5,000 rifle of what should be turned in during a gun amnesty is a travesty.

Turned in or registered.

[TexasGator]

“Turned in or registered. “

You don’t really expect the poster to read the article?

[MeganC]

You two don’t really support registering firearms with a ragingly anti-firearm government, do you?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Registered? What guns? Sold them to some guy a long time ago.

[naturalman1975]

The thing is the process to register the weapon is so arcane that it’s probably only worth doing if it’s worth thousands of dollars.

You have to put it temporarily into the hands of somebody who is allowed to have unregistered weapons in their possession which is likely to be a firearms dealer (because under Australian law not many people are allowed to hold unregistered weapons) who will likely charge you a premium to hold the weapon knowing they have you over a barrel. (You may be lucky enough to have a good relationship with a dealer who doesn’t rip you off - but more often than not, this is an expensive process).

Then you have to pay for a “Permit to Acquire” which is basically the same process that is required to buy a new weapon for the firearm you already own.

Then you wait. Assuming it’s a weapon you are allowed to own because you have the right licence for it, you will probably get it back in a month or so - but that could easily take longer.