Public Safety committee  Many of the individuals we've spoken with are amiable to a number of our suggestions. I know that here in British Columbia we have some provincial-based legislation that is going a long way towards restricting the age at which these sorts of things can be sold and participants ca

Public Safety committee  Yes, I would say that the example you've given of a camera being mistaken.... At range, anything in a dark alley or whatever could be mistaken for an airsoft pistol, rifle or whatever. What I will say is that the Criminal Code of Canada right now clearly states that if you are

Public Safety committee  Yes, sir. All the injuries I've ever seen are related to, as Matt pointed out, running around. It's no more dangerous than running, jogging or hiking.

Public Safety committee  I can't really speak to what's in the minds of the people drafting the bill. I just know that the way we read it, clauses 1(1) and 1(2) would eliminate it.

Public Safety committee  No, sir. A great number of members are part of the law enforcement community or military members. We're husbands and fathers, and it's just our hobby on the weekend. It's our sport.

Public Safety committee  Primarily, the conversation around airsoft tends to be the misuse of the devices. The solutions we've proposed would eliminate that in large part by restricting it to older individuals who are not going to abuse them, and with restrictions on the transportation, etc. As for cri

Public Safety committee  In the two-tiered system in the U.K., if you are not a member of the UKAPA organization, you have to purchase what you're specifying by the coloured variant, as it were. Membership would allow you to purchase the sorts of devices that we presently have in Canada, so there is a re

Public Safety committee  I'm not sure I quite understand what's being asked.

Public Safety committee  It's very difficult to police what people do in their own home with their own children, but making it clear that these devices are intended for adults is part of that. Restricting the sale to 18 plus and instructing the purchaser that the intention is they're meant for adults, no

Public Safety committee  That's definitely a potential option to pursue. My stuff is always stored in its case on a very high shelf, so my one-year-old can't ever get a hold of it. I think a perfectly reasonable solution is making sure they're stored in a way that they can't be improperly accessed by t

Public Safety committee  Yes. That is one of the proposals we are making, 18 years plus, in Canada.

Public Safety committee  As far as transportation goes, many of us already purchase plastic cases that are opaque in nature, usually intended for traditional firearms. Transporting them in those allows for a lock to be attached, so the case can't be opened quickly. We use those if we're transporting them

Public Safety committee  There are a number of options we could look at. The two largest that spring to mind are what the United Kingdom has, something known as UKARA and UKAPA. They are two associations that work with each other, UKARA being retailer-based and UKAPA being the player version of that. I

Public Safety committee  Thank you for having me here to talk about Bill C-21 and its impact on airsoft. My name is Scott Hackenbruch and I am the director of the Airsoft Association of British Columbia. I have played airsoft for over 15 years. I have organized and run some of the largest games in weste