Mr. Speaker, I am a trained, vetted, tested and licensed gun owner. I am not a criminal. I have the great privilege, as many Canadians do, to purchase and use firearms safely and responsibly.
To the community of hunters, sports shooters and indigenous communities, firearms are not just equipment or tools. They are a way of life. The Liberals have chosen to attack groups of law-abiding Canadians for no reason beyond ideology. The Liberals have completely dropped the ball on this file, so much so that the minister responsible for this failed buyback program was not even aware of what an RPAL was mere months ago.
When will the Liberal government stop attacking law-abiding firearms owners and get serious about holding the real criminals accountable?