Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL: There were many, many other representations from people opposing this bill, very strongly worded, from gun enthusiasts and gun clubs—people who brought up some objections to the bill. Some of them were very, very strongly worded, but they made some good points. For example, with respect to gun licences, they said, "Come on, if someone has proved themselves, do we really need to go through the process every five years?", and that is why, as a committee, we came back with a recommendation that after you've proved yourself for the first five years of your licence, then we'd go to a 10-year licence. That was a reasonable compromise that we took because of what submitters said. 