Mr. Chair, what is disrespectful to Canadians is putting forward divisive political policies that are designed only to help the Liberal Party win elections instead of putting forward policies that will actually combat violent crime in our communities. That is what is disrespectful to victims.
Canadians, especially gun-owning Canadians, are committed to supporting any legislation that will have a positive impact on reducing violence and gun crime on our streets. Those who own guns legally in this country have a vested interest in ensuring that our streets are safe, because every time a gun crime is committed by a criminal in this country, it casts suspicion on the millions of legal firearm owners who have hunted peaceably and have used their firearms peacefully from generation to generation. Every time a criminal commits a vile act, these millions of hunters, these millions of gun owners, are demonized by your government.
You have spoken of these nebulous special interest groups and their desire to have no laws whatsoever in this country. That is the kind of political rhetoric that gets in the way of our being able to have a responsible debate. No serious person in this country is saying that we should have no firearms laws. No serious person in this country is saying that we need to have Second Amendment-style American laws in this country. That is not the political consensus that Canadians expect, yet we are led by your government to believe that these are real debates that are happening.
These are not real debates that are happening. The real debates that need to happen—