A shooting victim’s decision to pull out of addressing a Parliamentary committee on gun violence prompted disappointment from a Senator.Richard Gaglio spoke out in this newspaper last month, claiming his offers to address the committee were being ignored.Robbers shot him at point blank range in his Smith’s home in September 2009, and left him for dead.Mr Gaglio hosted a poker game that night, but the players had already left with their winnings when the armed robbers struck. The culprits are still at large.He sent emails to the organisers of the Joint Select Committee on gun crime asking to speak, but complained that he’d not heard back. He wanted to speak out in favour of harsher penalties for repeat offenders.Following that, Mr Gaglio spoke with committee member Michael Dunkley, and arrangements were made for him to address the meeting on Tuesday. He failed to attend, and explaining why yesterday, told The Royal Gazette: “That thing’s a waste of time. If I thought they would do some good then I would turn up.”He said although he initially approached the committee with an offer to speak: “If it took five weeks for them to accept it, do you think they really want to hear from me?”However, Senator Dunkley said he was disappointed by Mr Gaglio’s decision: “I think he had a valuable contribution to make because he’s been through it. He knows the challenges people go through,” he said.Sen Dunkley added: “Mr Gaglio is very emotional about what he’s gone through and I understand that, and he has some very firm views about justice on the Island.“But the debate is wider than that, it’s not just ‘who pulled the trigger,’ it’s the social issues and I think he was having trouble coming to grips with that because of what he’s been through.”Sen. Dunkley said he’d told Mr Gaglio that if he prefers to put something in writing, he will take it to the committee for him.