Mr. Speaker, under the legislation, semi-automatics and armour-piercing sniper rifles, even those capable of dropping a target two kilometres away, will no longer need to be registered. The government is making it easier for these dangerous firearms to fall into the wrong hands.
The government likes to talk about hunters, but the last time I checked, hunters were not going after armoured targets one and one-half kilometres away.
How is the government's decision to remove the last line of defence against these high-powered rifles in the interest of public safety?