I have plenty of LOWERS and as the only part that is SERIAL NUMBERED they ,during a BAN,will be about the only part that will be hard to find.
I have to respectfully disagree.
After the 1994 ban + six months, parts kits and magazines were impossible to find for about two years. Magazines came back (high-caps), but it was not uncommon to see standard Okay (Brand) mags running $25-30 for a 30-rd, used. Mags for my M1A went upwards of $100 for almost six years.
After Obama's first election, parts kits were impossible to find for about 18 months. Magazines disappeared off shelves in the first two weeks. It took mags almost three months to get back in any volume. . .all of this because people were AFRAID he'd ban them
After Obama's second election, there was a three month period where parts kits, including LPK's, UPK's and almost every "official" pin or spring were scarcer than hen's teeth. On the upside, lowers and magazines were EVERYWHERE because plenty of people learned from Obama's FIRST election how to make lowers. There were so many lowers (albeit at an inflated rate), that there honestly was no problem getting them, if you had the cash. All of this because people were CERTAIN he'd ban them with no potential repercussions, now that he was re-elected.
Prices rebalanced after about six months.
You may be right. IF the weapons are "grandfathered" in. Don't dismiss that as being inevitable. Look at what's happening in Illinois. Law-abiding citizens owning legal firearms are being told to turn "assault rifles" in, if they're under 21. Illinois has a FOID card (Firearms Owners ID). Every purchase is registered with the state. That's both for firearms AND ammunition. They know who has what.
Take a look, very carefully, at the proposed wording of the contemporary Assault Weapons Ban. They didn't sit on their butts between 1994 and 2004, they took copious notes. They removed every possible way around reformatting the firearm (featurless stocks, multiple round capacity, detachable anything, etc.).
Any such "A"WB is going to be the most comprehensive piece of legislation that can be conceived (unless, of course, members of the BOD pay the antigunners, again, to leave out certain, named brands and styles while banning others).
IF possession is allowed, it will most likely be regulated along the lines of a Class III weapon with an amnesty period for registering at a greatly reduced, if not free, tax stamp.
We can all beat our chests and howl ". . .from our cold, dead fingers!" all we want, but some will be out there snagging up what parts are left. If anyone continues to make them, they'll be damned expensive and, most likely, will require proof of a tax stamp to obtain.
I'm not saying that you're 100% wrong, I'm saying that history hasn't borne this out. At the very least, repair/replacement parts will be prohibitively expensive because not everyone will want to go through the hoops.
With this in mind, I'd rather spend $50-100 for an LPK that my grandkids may inherit rather than have them try to gerry-rig a work-around.
The Professor