OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis. (STAN BEHAL/Toronto Sun files)

Gun laws in this province make mass shootings such as what happened in Connecticut less likely, says OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis.

All the same, he’s worried by rumblings from Ottawa about an easing of regulations surrounding the ban on prohibited weapons such as assault weapons.

A firearms advisory committee appointed by federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews came up with the recommendations recently. They were quickly slapped down by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, but Lewis is worried by the discussion.

“There’s been some talk about loosening the laws on some long-guns,” he told me in a telephone interview Tuesday.