If they repealed the handgun ban tomorrow I'd be back on cartridge pistols in a heartbeat. When the ban came along I had a smallish collection of firearms with which I could be lethal at about 50yds and dangerous to probably a couple of hundred given the capabilities of the average handgun cartridge. I now have a safe full of firearms that I can be lethal with at close to a mile and dangerous with at even longer range. If the ban were repealed there's no way I'd get rid of the rifle collection I now have, but I would restart my pistol collection.
Lost:
Dan Wesson 357 pistol pack with 2.5", 4", 6" + 8" brls,
4" P08,
Browning GP35,
Beretta M1934,
Zastava .32ACP,
Mauser C96 (red 9)
Gained
LE SMLE MkIII*,
LE SMLE MkV,
LE No4 Mk1/2
LE No5 Mk1
LE L39
Rem P14
Sauer 202
BSA Sportsman 15
MH MkII
.32 H&H rook rifle
But I'm now much less of a threat to society because my mind isn't being poisoned by proximity to pistols.
I never took up BP as it would only ever have been a substitute for what I had to give up. I saw rifles as a whole new venture.