Justice committee  I don't have them under my hat. I have seen them. As I remember, homicide is up in both countries--but again, very slightly.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for this final opportunity. I would like to reiterate that because the American violent crime and homicide rates have fallen so drastically, we must imagine that they are doing something right. The research that I have shown demonstrates that there is so

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for this opportunity to address the committee. I'm a professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University. I am here as an individual criminologist to present facts, not myths; facts, not emotion. In this presentation I will briefly show how claims made by the

Public Safety committee  I'm glad that people quote me, but I can't say I'm an official specialist or an official adviser. You'd have to ask the Conservative Party or the government themselves. If they've hired me, I've received no cheque and received no title, so I think the answer is no.

Public Safety committee  Several years after coming to Canada, I started researching the sociology of gun owners as part of my academic program. Before I started this research, I was as naive about guns as any professor. I knew nothing about guns. After I finished the research and I discovered that the m

Public Safety committee  Yes, I have. When I first began researching--

Public Safety committee  --I got $400.

Public Safety committee  I have contributed to the Conservative Party, the Reform Party, the NDP, and the Liberals.

Public Safety committee  I don't remember saying such a statement, although I quite possibly did.

Public Safety committee  That's correct.

Public Safety committee  I am a strong proponent of police screening.

Public Safety committee  In a few of my academic papers I have tried to assess that. That is a very difficult question to answer. Import and export records suggest there are somewhere between 20 million and 30 million firearms in Canada. If we've registered seven million, that leaves quite a few unregist

Public Safety committee  That's me and that's my handgun.

Public Safety committee  It is a Smith & Wesson revolver.

Public Safety committee  Well, of course.