Public Safety committee  At this point in the Canadian criminal law they are considered firearms for the purposes of subsection 86(1), with the storage and the transportation.

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. I think that the BB guns and air guns that are in the low-velocity category would not be criminalized, so that kids could still plink away at cans put up on a fence and things of that type and it would not be criminal activity. What we're trying to identify

Public Safety committee  So, not instead of the bill.... Studies have been done of children's firearms safety education that have shown that no matter how many times you give the child the right lesson, a certain percentage of those children will do the thing they shouldn't do, which is touch the gun an

Public Safety committee  It's a wonderful question and it illustrates a really important point. Do you remember when I mentioned earlier the study that had been done on enucleation? That looked at every single accident, just as you say, that occurred in the greater Ottawa area over a period of 20 years,

Public Safety committee  You can see how it might happen. However, it's much more likely to happen with a firearm in that category. When we make laws for things, there needs to be an understanding of the relative lethality and the relative ability of something to cause injury and damage. We have a socie

Public Safety committee  I just want to mention that I had wondered about that myself. I spoke to a crown attorney about it, and he said that in order to file a charge of criminal negligence, someone would have to be hurt. Let's not wait for that, okay? If a behaviour is clearly irresponsible and dangero

Public Safety committee  Can you let me finish my sentence?

Public Safety committee  Thank you. The guns that were available when I was a kid, and probably when you were a kid, would fall in that lower velocity category. I feel pretty sure you didn't have the Crosman rifle with its 495 feet per second. These new-generation air guns and BB guns are much worse.

Public Safety committee  My apologies, but my French is not the best. If you speak slowly, I will be able to understand.

Public Safety committee  I do not have anything because I was late, but I can understand if you speak slowly.

Public Safety committee  Thank you. My seventh grade French doesn't take me very far.

Public Safety committee  I have it, but it's not very loud.

Public Safety committee  We would recommend that guns in the category between 214 feet per second and 500 feet per second be stored locked, unloaded, and separate from their ammunition, just as the firearms in the higher velocity category are. That would be very important to safeguarding family members a

Public Safety committee  Yes, I'm here now. I got some exercise running over from the other building.

Public Safety committee  It's pretty short. I want to say hi to Mr. Bernardo. He and I were co-presenters the last time I was here. We have to stop meeting like this.