Well, this is presuming much in terms of public safety. If the crime happened in British Columbia and the original point of sale for that firearm happened at a duck hunting store in Manitoba, and if there isn't a registry of this information, how would the officer know to go to that particular business to even find the records unless the information is provided to the chief firearms officer?
Now we get into the issue of warranted and unwarranted access or access without a warrant, which was not clear during the testimony that we heard. I'm still confused. It doesn't make any sense. If the reference number has nothing to do with the firearm transaction that happened at the business, unless we're keeping the information from the business.... Are we keeping the information with the reference number about the seller and the buyer?