Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question, Ms. Michaud. I believe it's possible to amend the act, or the Criminal Code, by maintaining the same classes: prohibited, restricted, and non-restricted weapons. For example, classifying weapons by barrel length, among other things, can be based on v

Public Safety committee  I think Ms. Cukier is right. The more effective and available the tools are, the better things will be.

Public Safety committee  Yes, the slides, the barrels and other components of firearms should be regulated because the most popular types of handguns right now, unless they are fully printed or with a unique design, are copies of Glock pistols or similar pistols. All the other components besides the lowe

Public Safety committee  Yes, it's a growing problem in North America. The problem is not the objects themselves, but their regulation, given that they leave no traces. For the time being, Canadian and American legislation identifies firearms on the basis of the stock. The serial number is printed on the

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. I was going to talk about that. You're right in saying that the government should create a way of classifying weapons that would include not only those that are currently available, but also new models that will enter the marketplace. The industry al

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Boulerice. I am indeed suggesting that the classification be based on handling, which makes it possible to begin by distinguishing handguns from long guns. What I proposed in the document I sent is essentially that all handguns, if the Canadian g

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question, Ms. Michaud. The first mistake was how the government introduced its amendments, I believe on second reading of the bill. It was as if a magician had pulled a rabbit out of a hat. The public was clearly surprised, as were perhaps the committee membe

Public Safety committee  I agree with Professor Cukier. It should be clear that there is no intent to infringe on first nations' hunting rights. That being said, it should also be clear that military-style assault rifles should be more regulated if they are not, and should at least be registered in the

Public Safety committee  I think so, yes. I wouldn't call them military-style assault weapons. I would call them self-loading semi-automatic or automatic weapons. I would use the way they work, the mechanics of the weapons, to classify them instead of using the length of the barrel. It would be clearer

Public Safety committee  I think you are the politicians. I'm not, so I'm giving you my opinion on how we should categorize the weapons. Of course, I think a lot of people will not be happy. That being said, with the current law and categorization, a lot of people are not happy, so it's up to you to dec

Public Safety committee  It would have a significant impact on public security, even if the weapons we are talking about are not used very often in crime. Mass shootings are lower-frequency but high-intensity events. That's the main problem with those weapons.

Public Safety committee  You're absolutely right. The law is way stronger here than it is in the United States.

Public Safety committee  I think you're probably right. That being said, the industry is pushing for new models of weapons to be sold here and everywhere in the world, and those weapons may be quite dangerous. We know what happens south of the border, and a lot of those weapons are going to Mexico and So

Public Safety committee  Yes. The main thing is that prevention is more efficient. That being said, it depends on the objective of the government. If the objective is to reduce mass shootings and perhaps terrorism too.... I would say that what the government calls at the moment “military-style assault r

Public Safety committee  I think you are right. Long guns are not usually used to commit crime. Again, it depends on what the government wants to do first. Also, what I propose here is classifying weapons differently. You used the expression “assault weapon”. It's very difficult to define an assault we