I have a deep concern about the barriers we're putting up for people who need to carry for their jobs.
I'm thinking of a friend of mine who is a forester working in northern Alberta. Some of the helicopters that fly these people in are very small. You're not able to fit shotguns or long rifles in these helicopters with all of the other equipment they have. The inability to get authorization to carry a handgun has had deadly consequences. In the case of my friend, he was mauled by a bear and suffered traumatic brain injury from it. Clearly, putting up more barriers for people who need handguns for occupational safety is not something that's acceptable to me.