Au contraire, we are uncomplicating things. This is going back to the situation the way it was before the appellate court reversed the trial judge's decision. This is a return to the status quo, basically.
In terms of safety and so on, of course I agree with you. Proper gun safety is often taught using these low-velocity devices, but if these devices were subject to the Firearms Act and storage requirements, you would get into the absurd situation, for example, where a BB gun would have to be locked in a safe and the BBs, which are basically just pellets with no propellant in them or anything, would have to be locked up in another room. That is clearly absurd.
It is the absurdity of these kinds of laws, like the registry itself, that has caused the outdoors community to rise up. Again, I talked to the outdoors community across the country in my role as chair of the Conservative hunting and angling caucus, and I can say categorically that the support for my bill is widespread in this particular community.