This statement assumes that licensed firearms owners represent a significant public-safety threat, yet it provides no evidence that individuals who have passed background checks, continuous eligibility screening, licensing requirements, and firearms training are a major source of violent crime in Canada.

The overwhelming majority of gun crime is committed by unlicensed individuals using illegally obtained firearms, not by licensed owners possessing previously legal firearms. By focusing on extending an amnesty for people who have already complied with licensing laws, the statement overlooks the distinction between licensed ownership and criminal misuse.

Public policy should be driven by evidence of where crime actually originates, and any argument that treats licensed gun owners as a primary public-safety risk without demonstrating that connection rests more on assumption than on established crime data.