Public Safety committee  I only want to correct one misperception. There seems to be an idea that sidearms are going to be used to protect physical facilities, like buildings and fences. A sidearm is and always will be for the protection of life. It's the only justification for a sidearm, and it is goi

Public Safety committee  It's my understanding that the RCMP is going to be training the CBSA trainers, and then the trainers are going to go on to train the individual officers ultimately. The question I have then is this. The RCMP is doing a model of training that is not used by any other police agency

Public Safety committee  The Canadian frearms safety course is a basic introductory-level safety course. It has nothing to do with law enforcement per se. So the training would be on how to handle a firearm safely, and it would be the same training given to any Canadian who wanted to acquire a firearm in

Public Safety committee  I have. I'll be very brief.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. My name is Dave Brown. I'm a professional firearms instructor and also a tactical firearms editor with Blue Line magazine. I'm probably one of the very few civilians who has ever been in a similar position with a law enforcement magazine. I work with governm