Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank all the witnesses for coming here today.
My first question is for the National Association of Women and the Law.
In your email or letter that you sent to us on March 7, you said that the presence of firearms in a household where there is intimate partner violence significantly increases the risk that women will be killed. At face value I accept that argument. However, there is no evidence to suggest that merely owning a firearm makes somebody more likely to commit an act of intimate personal violence. Isn't that correct? Is there any evidence? I don't see any compelling evidence to suggest that.