Thanks, Chair.
I think my point has been proven here, in that there isn't great clarity. It's not crystal clear. The challenge the firearms community has is that not every one of them is an expert on the whole Firearms Act.
Personally, I don't think there's any risk—I haven't heard anything from the officials—in adding this level of clarity to it, so that firearms owners know they have this option available to them, again, through regulation, if needed. I have complete confidence in the firearms program to put any necessary regulations in place to ensure there are safeguards. It's already in the act that, in order to transfer or even to get an ATT, I think, there's a level of competency and a recognition that you're giving it to somebody or, if it's theirs, returning it. The act has all those safeguards in place.
I think this is an important addition for clarity. Otherwise, I'm just telling you that these people, i.e., firearms owners, will not utilize this option because it's not even clear. As the officials state, there's nothing in the regulations that clearly prescribes this. Because every chief firearms officer in every province might interpret it slightly differently, if we signal this through legislation so that this is clear, that this is the intent behind it, and allow this avenue, I think it's just going to make Canada a safer place.