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    Any reason why i shouldn't just get the RPAL

    Going to do the course and get the PAL in a couple weeks. It's an extra $50 and an extra day to get the RPAL. I don't really plan on owning any restricteds although that could change. Should I just get it and be done with it? Any reason not to? Opinions please. I'm sure this has been asked a million times but a search didn't turn up much.

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    Just get it. Only good can come of it and no bad can.

    Also - it tends to affect the numbers that politicians look at if you do. Think of it - if 10 million people have pals and only 1 thousand have rpals, it might be suggested that you better leave the pal holders alone, but picking on the rpal guys is probably pretty safe for a politician. However - if there's 5 million of EACH - even if the rpal guys don't all own pistols the presumption is they do or would like to - NOW how safe it it to plot against them? That's a lot of people.

    So it has advantages for us to have as many rpal holders on the books as we can. Obviously it's not outrageously important one way or another, but it is still worth it.

    and what the hell - for 50 bucks it's better to have and not need than need and not have.

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    Just do it, add to the ranks and when the restricted bug bites you are not waiting months before you can buy it like I did :P

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    Of course you should, this is a gun forum after all.
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    Go get it now. Sooner or later, the liberals are going to get back in power, and one thing is for sure....they aren't going to make it any easier to get. I tell everyone the same thing. Get your restricted endorsement now, and buy at least one semi auto handgun with the shortest legal barrel you can find. Ask all the guys out there who don't have the 12(x) endorsements on their pals how much they wish they had known how things were going to go down, and how much they wish they'd acted when they had the chance.
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    RPAL, condoms, handgun......better to have and not need, than need and not have.

    Cheers!

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    I don't use condoms. I also don't shower with a raincoat on.

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    On a serious note, thanks for the replies. You guys have pretty much talked me into it.

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    Get every license you can and every type of gun you can in case anything is changed / banned / grandfathered in the future.

    Even if you don't want a handgun or an AR now, I would still get the RPAL so you can get both in case you want them later.

    As Post #5 mentioned, it is possible that a different governing party will come in this year and do something like shifting them all to the Prohib list and only allowing current owners to keep them.

    I'm not suggesting there is a high probability of this happening, but I still have a fire extinguisher and car insurance in case the low probability of a fire or crash happens.

    You would probably regret it in the future if you could have got your RPAL and some restricted firearms while they were still legal.

    This is not defeatist talk, it's prudence.

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    Better to get it while still available. Who knows when we'll be downsized again and need to resort to the grandfathering

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