Public Safety committee  Some of the top competitors, off the top of my head, in my event specifically, are Ukraine, Greece and South Korea. China's going to be in there as well. Some of the others that are on the top list are escaping me, but throughout Europe...there's France as well.

Public Safety committee  Yes. There was a study done in 2016 and a new one in 2020 that literally listed off statistics of injuries in different events in different sports. Surprise, surprise—shooting doesn't have any, which I think is a huge testament to the safety culture we have in shooting sports. It

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Since 1908...I don't have the number in front of me.

Public Safety committee  At the last two Olympics I was the only pistol shooter. Previous to that, in 2012, there was only one pistol shooter as well. I think we've had a pistol shooter in the Olympics every summer Olympics, I'm going to say, since probably the early eighties, when they split off men's a

Public Safety committee  Sure there is, but how do you become an elite pistol shooter without training? Do you just come off the street and say that you think you're going to be an Olympic volleyball player today? It takes years of training. You put years of work and effort into it. There's the rule of

Public Safety committee  You're talking about 16 people who have become Olympians. Do you understand how many other people are competing against them? There are a huge number of people competing against them. I have teammates I train with all the time who have not yet made the Olympic level, yet you're

Public Safety committee  I would say there's definitely a direct impact on competitive shooters specifically. I didn't used to have to do a whole stack of extra export and import paperwork to be able to leave and come back to the country with my own firearms, which are registered within this country and

Public Safety committee  Considering how hard it is to make the Olympics to begin with, we're talking.... At any Olympic games, maybe 300 athletes in the entire country actually make the Olympic games. We're talking about a very small number of people to begin with. When we're talking about shooting sp

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. My name is Lynda Kiejko. I am a two-time Olympian in the sport of pistol shooting. I am also president of the Alberta Handgun Association, which is an organization that fosters and promotes the ISSF, otherwise known as the Olympic style of competition. I com

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Those are actually two separate questions. What age did I start shooting? I was 11. What age did I start learning about gun safety? I can't tell you, because it's been for as long as I can remember. I was a very young kid. My dad didn't even let us point our fingers at each o

Public Safety committee  I don't think that it is, honestly. The regulations in place right now call out Olympians and sport shooters, but I think they should be expanded to be more inclusive of sport shooters. There are many more disciplines than just the Olympics. However, in terms of getting new pe

Public Safety committee  Banning law-abiding citizens from having firearms I don't think does anything for public safety. I don't think it does anything to reduce violence. When you look at statistics for violent acts within Canada from Statistics Canada, we're talking about 3% of violent acts within Ca

Public Safety committee  Sure. Competitive shooters in any event are highly focused and trained individuals. We really respect our equipment with the same regard as any other athlete, be it skiing, cycling or basketball. Shooting sports have the highest rating for safety of all sports.