If you are asking me to give a legal opinion on the potential amendments proposed by Mr. Ignatieff, I have to say that I have not reviewed his first proposed amendment in terms of its constitutionality or otherwise. My only comment is—and this is a political answer that I am giving you—that it is clear to me, having heard the comments made by Mr. Bernardo, Ms. Cabrera, Mr. Pelletier and Mr. Cossette, who are in favour of abolishing the Canadian Firearms Registry, and who are hunters who practice target shooting, that they are frustrated and feel that their rights are being infringed. Their first argument is that they feel as though they are being treated like criminals, because they are required to register their guns. One fact is inescapable, however, and we cannot ignore it: unfortunately, long guns are used to commit homicides and suicides and cause injuries to innocent people. That does not mean that the people who own these guns are criminals; not at all.
When Mr. Ignatieff suggests that if an individual neglects to register a gun once, there could be some mechanism whereby… I do not want to get involved in the legal argument, but Crown prosecutors could decide--