Public Safety committee  You can examine the figure yourself, right?

Public Safety committee  There is no statistical association—

Public Safety committee  —between any of this legislation and either an immediate impact or a trend effect post-legislation in the reduction of firearms homicide.

Public Safety committee  It is mostly due to socio-economic factors such as age, poverty....all right?

Public Safety committee  I'm against the registry for two reasons.

Public Safety committee  Well, I'm not only against the registry because of the study. I'm also against it because you are taking money in a time right now when we have—

Public Safety committee  You should be spending it on psychiatry, sir.

Public Safety committee  Well, you don't have to deal with these patients every day. I do.

Public Safety committee  We have to look at the science. The science doesn't show any statistical benefit. The National Academy of Sciences has also conducted an analysis on this and they've come to the same conclusion. Dr. Mauser has also conducted a study on this and he's come to the same conclusion.

Public Safety committee  My personal opinion doesn't matter.

Public Safety committee  As a physician, I cannot access the long-gun registry. I also cannot disclose any confidential information between me and a patient. If a patient is just contemplating suicide, I cannot refer him to the police and have them go to his house. I could be held accountable and my lic

Public Safety committee  Thank you for letting me present my research regarding Canadian firearms legislation. I am an emergency physician in Hamilton. I treat suicide and violence on a daily basis. During the next seven minutes, I will summarize research I have recently had accepted for publication in