I'm sorry. It's “(e) a firearm that is not a handgun and that”.
I'll continue:
(ii) was originally designed with a detachable cartridge magazine with a capacity of six cartridges or more, and
(iii) is designed and manufactured on or after the day on which this paragraph comes into force; (“arme à feu prohibée”)
I'd like to break down each element in a way Canadians can understand. Before I do, Mr. Chair, I want to be very clear. In order for a firearm to be determined to be prohibited by this new definition, all four elements must be met.
I'll start with this: The definition does not apply to handguns. Our government is already taking decisive actions on handguns by freezing the market, a measure the vast majority of Canadians support. We know the definition is not applying to handguns.
The next element is that it only applies to semi-automatic firearms that shoot centre-fire ammunition. As my colleagues will remember, Mr. Noormohamed did a firearms 101 seminar. I won't get into all of that, but I will remind you that centre-fire ammunition is ammunition that is larger than rimfire ammunition. Rimfire is most commonly used in hunting firearms.
We also know that semi-automatic is just one action a firearm can be manufactured with. The semi-automatic action—