Marco Mendicino at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On March 1st, 2022. See this statement in context.

March 1st, 2022 / 12:45 p.m.

Liberal

Marco Mendicino Liberal Eglinton—Lawrence, ON

I take the point, Ms. Dancho.

My message to you is that we need to be able to do both. The solutions here are not mutually exclusive. It is not just about picking one lane. We have to invest in the law enforcement that we are doing—and I thank you for the acknowledgement—and that's being felt by your community. We'll continue to do that.

We also need to be sure that the guns we are now prohibiting, like the AR-15 and other assault-style weapons, because they are deadly and their purpose, really, is only to kill people—

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