Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. I can give you a personal anecdote. We had one gentleman who was rather old, and we noted that he was acting oddly. We immediately had him stop shooting. We started talking to him to find out what was going on, and guess what? We determined that he ha

Public Safety committee  Absolutely, I can. You have two levels of range officers. You have chief range officers and range officers. There are two range officers who follow the participant throughout the stage. There's a primary and a secondary officer. Each has their own specific job to do to watch fo

Public Safety committee  That's no problem.

Public Safety committee  Yes, the ranges are at risk of closing. The vast majority of members who support these ranges are handgun owners in the sport shooting disciplines, as this is the only place they can practise their sport. The RCMP here in my local area, my own municipal police force and border s

Public Safety committee  I was inspired to join the military on my own.

Public Safety committee  It's been fantastic. It's given me a sense of accomplishment. It's given me a chance to meet with other people from around the world and a chance to mentor, coach and teach people about sport shooting and safety. It's great for my mental and physical health. I'm almost 60 years o

Public Safety committee  I absolutely do foresee that. It will have an unintended consequence in that law enforcement—that's Canada Border Services, conservation officers and police officers—will have to have their own firing ranges, which will be very costly for the municipalities.

Public Safety committee  Absolutely. We see them here all the time at my local range. RCMP, border services and conservation officers are here, along with my own municipal police services. I actually have given a lot of shooting advice to many of those officers on our range.

Public Safety committee  It depends on the firearm they are using. If they are using their service firearm, they don't need an ATT, because according to the act, it's not required. If it's their personal handgun, they do need an ATT. If it was their personal handgun, they would have gone through all the

Public Safety committee  On ownership, I think the majority of these sports disciplines have national or world bodies, and they're regulated—highly regulated. At IPSC, we have the National Range Officers Institute, which is recognized by the national institute of range association. They stipulate all of

Public Safety committee  It gave me an opportunity to remain connected with other veterans and current members of the armed forces, because many of them do take part in these sports. It's a great outdoor sport. It gave me the ability to challenge myself physically and keep myself mentally fit as well.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I do. They have skills that they can immediately use in a sport activity, which is healthy. It's a very safe sport. It's highly regulated. IPSC is an example. I'll speak to that. It's highly regulated and it keeps veterans actively fit and mentally fit.

Public Safety committee  I have a hard time with that. Yes, I think it doesn't make much sense. If you can't rely on veterans or former military members to be safe, responsible and law-abiding members, then I think we have a bigger problem.

Public Safety committee  Yes. The reason for the existence of most ranges is the fact that handgun shooters can only shoot at the ranges. The vast membership of these ranges are handgun shooters, and therefore it's those sport disciplines that use handguns. There are many many sport disciplines, includ

Public Safety committee  I absolutely will, sir. They pay the price for crime committed by others. The focus on legal handgun ownership as a way to reduce violent crimes with guns is misguided. Legally owned firearms are not the cause of increasing violent crime; gangs, drug dealers and smugglers use i