I'd like to get back to your point, when you were referring to the registry as an effective tool for prevention.
We heard from Mr. Cheliak of the RCMP who told us that in 2009, 7,000 firearms registration certificates had been revoked in Canada, either by a judge or by a firearms officer. The reasons for doing so included mental health problems, domestic violence, risk of suicide and the uttering of death threats by young people who threatened to commit mass shootings in their high school or colleges. The weapons were removed for prevention purposes.
In my opinion, to prevent incidents, we need to act before an offence is committed. I think you would agree with that. The fact that 7,000 certificates were revoked from potentially dangerous individuals because they had a host of problems is a sign of great effectiveness, is it not, if you consider the 4 million we are referring to?