I move amendment No. 16:
In page 28, subsection (2), to delete " or trap gun " from line 21.
Section 33 is aimed at restricting the use of certain types of firearms and ammunition in hunting wild birds or wild animals because of the excessive or indiscriminate killing which such weapons or ammunition can cause and, in certain cases, because of their inability to effect a clean kill.
This amendment seeks to delete the reference to a trap gun in subsection (2). The intention was to outlaw guns which are fixed or set as traps to be discharged on contact with wires attached to the triggers. However, it has now been brought to my notice that by general definition a spring gun, which is also prohibited under this subsection, comprehends the type of trap gun I have just described. While, on the other hand, in modern sporting terms, a trap gun is generally understood to be an under-and-over type shotgun used in clay pigeon shooting. That type of shotgun would, of course, be quite acceptable for shooting game birds and there would be no valid reason for banning it.
The amendment is really a technical one to clarify the position.