Thank you very much.
I want to thank all of you for being here with us.
Mr. Hipwell, I'd like to start with you.
One thing we are really trying to do—though some have spoken to the contrary—is strike a balance here between what is important in terms of protecting victims and communities and making sure our communities remain safe, and ensuring that indigenous communities, hunters, farmers and northern Canadians are not adversely or materially impacted and prevented from being able to go hunting or protect their farms and so on.
I want to touch on a couple of things. In your previous testimony, you said that you don't believe that registering firearms reduces crime. Do you believe that any type of gun legislation or registering of guns is helpful, or do you think that we should just not be in the business of registering or legislating which guns should be on the street?