Mr. Gayder, we heard from a previous witness that registering a firearm is akin to registering your car, your dog, or your cat. In your experience as a law enforcement officer in Ontario, which is a job I know something about, would you agree that registering a firearm is the same as registering these other items? Would you not agree that by failing to register a firearm you automatically have committed a Criminal Code offence for which you can go to jail, while failure to register a car or a cat or dog does not put you in the same jeopardy? You've committed an offence against a provincial statute that carries with it a fine, and this in turn carries with it some temporary loss of the use of that item.
On November 22nd, 2011. See this statement in context.