Thank you very much for the question, sir.
I think the key message that we're getting from me and my fellow panellists here is that the key issue we're trying to target is illegal firearms. While illegally smuggled firearms, particularly from the United States, are a significant issue, a very growing issue we're seeing out here is the manufacture of firearms. It's the creation of privately made firearms and ghost guns, particularly among those people who are using them to commit violence. We're seeing them in the hands of the hit men who are out there working to cause violence and take lives.
The receiver, which is currently the regulated part, was considered to be the key component of a firearm. Unfortunately, 3-D printing has made that very outdated now. That is an easily manufactured component and it is easily replaced on non-restricted guns. The key components now are the final pieces that you need to make that receiver an actual functioning firearm, such as barrels, slides, trigger assemblies and those types of components. While those can also be manufactured, I believe that requiring a PAL and integrating the purchase, possession, sale and importation of these particular components into the current licensing system would go a long way toward preventing the proliferation of privately made firearms within our communities.