Mr. Speaker, the 400 petitioners of the first and second petition are requesting that Parliament not attack the recreational firearms community.
They support legislation that severely punishes one who uses a weapon including a weapon other than a firearm, protects the rights and freedoms of the law-abiding recreational firearms community to own and use firearm responsibly, passes careful scrutiny to see that it will improve public safety in a cost effective manner, and repeals present firearms control legislation that features tortuous language and has been characterized by the courts as one of the most horrifying examples of ad draftsmanship.
I am pleased to submit these petitions. I support them.