Mr. Rob O'Reilly at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On May 8th, 2018. See this statement in context.

May 8th, 2018 / 12:50 p.m.

Director, Firearms Regulatory Services, Canadian Firearms Program, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The reason I would like to say that is that the chain of custody links to the notion of the reference number. If businesses are required to keep records around a firearm, which includes the reference number, and law enforcement has reason to believe that the firearm went through that business—

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