Of course we'll never know how many guns being smuggled across are not being caught.
Evidence that we received from witnesses was that our data on the source of guns used in crime was very sparse. I was surprised to hear that Statistics Canada doesn't have any reporting system. This is probably a question for the law enforcement people with us here today, but for police agencies across the country there's no consistent requirement to report on the use of guns in crime.
We were surprised that the government came out with an outright handgun ban when we don't have data that would support the idea that an outright ban will keep Canadians any safer. Do you have any comments about that? We understand that 80% of handguns used in crime are smuggled in from the U.S. illegally by people who don't intend to ever register their guns.