First I want to indicate that I look forward to the committee's work on the issue of how we tackle what I think has been identified as a challenge by law enforcement. The challenge is around the industry's increasing ability to make airsoft guns look exactly like a real gun. There are others at this table, including Deputy Commissioner Larkin, who could probably give some additional testimony to that effect.
The object is really to be sure not that people can't participate safely in an industry, but rather to be sure that when law enforcement responds to a gun call, we are sure there will be no loss of life as a result of a gun that may look exactly like a real gun.
Indeed, this is something that has occurred, and we have seen a loss of life, including in my hometown of Scarborough not too long ago, when police showed up and a replica gun was mistaken for a real one. Sadly, somebody lost their life.
That is the intent behind these provisions. I know that the committee will be studying them very closely.