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Public Safety committee I totally agree. What worries me is that you have invited experts, in consultation with whom you could have obtained a lot of tools to help you as this matter moves forward. However, you have just spent half that time confronting and discrediting the experts. You call that work
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee I answered you very clearly; I named the firearms made by Parker Bros, Browning-BAR and...
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee That is when you cite 10,000 joules and over.
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee This firearm that...
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee I think you are going to have to watch the video of my testimony again.
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee I think you should watch the video of this meeting again when it is available online. You will see that when you asked me the question, I answered clearly by naming firearm models. When we talked about firearms with 10,000 joules and over, I answered your question about firearms
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee Very honestly, I think that idea comes much more from the American associations than from the Canadian associations. Connections have actually been made...
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee Yes, connections have been made and we have analyzed what was going on in the United States in order to respond better to what is going on in Canada in relation to gun crime and users' rights. We gave the example of the drop in crime in certain American states that have adopted o
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee Go ahead.
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee I agree on the kind of comparison that is made to show the totally decentralized way in which the issue of firearms is handled. I agree on the comparison, which comes from a very specific saying, which is: “There is nothing better than a good man with a gun to defend against a
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee I in no way agree on any promotion of civil disobedience whatsoever. I would like to know the context that what you are telling me happens in, because I would have to report it to the people in the organization.
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee Very honestly, as a service to the community, we may give ourselves that kind of information when the mics are off. That is the kind of thing I would like to report. I am absolutely against any proposal for civil disobedience.
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee Yes, absolutely. My role is to provide a bridge between francophone users and the NFA.
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee To answer your question, I have to look at the context for each of those cases. For safe storage, I definitely take the same position. We were talking just now about remote regions, among other things, where sometimes people have to defend themselves against dangerous animals. I
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget
Public Safety committee I don't have a list in hand of all firearms, but I believe that certain firearms should be reserved for military or industrial use, and not for use by citizens. I think I would have to know the context in which the NFA made those statements. I'll give you an example: a Flak gun
February 17th, 2023Committee meeting
Martin Bourget