Public Safety committee  I agree totally.

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. No, I do not see anything in Bill C-71 that will reduce or work to reduce gun crime by violent people who are either suicidally inclined or criminally inclined. This bill merely multiplies the hurdles that already law-abiding, already vetted people m

Public Safety committee  It is an academic journal that is reviewed by law students, as are all legal journals.

Public Safety committee  It is a very respected article. It was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Heller decision.

Public Safety committee  The Supreme Court—

Public Safety committee  All law reviews are student reviews.

Public Safety committee  Peer review is very important, but it depends on your peers. Many of the medical journals have peers who are ignorant of statistics and ignorant of criminology. They are peers, and they review, so it depends completely on your peers. Law students, particularly at Harvard, are som

Public Safety committee  No, of course not. The RCMP does have high-quality technical experts, but there are other organizations and individuals—many such. Some of these decisions are quite technical, and Canada and public safety would benefit by having their input as well.

Public Safety committee  That's exactly right.

Public Safety committee  I see a serious problem with that. Elected government officials—MPs and cabinet—are the people responsible for making these decisions. The RCMP is the technical repository and is incredibly useful and valuable, but it cannot be allowed to make the decisions by itself. It must be

Public Safety committee  My hearing here is impaired. The question is for me to—

Public Safety committee  Is the question for me to hypothesize what the motive of this bill is, if it's not directed towards criminal violence? Not being a savant or able to read Mr. Goodale's mind, or even the minds of the cabinet, all I can do is hypothesize. Politicians probably are interested in po

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you. I am Gary Mauser, professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University. As part of my academic duties, I have published in criminology and political science journals for