Philip Lawrence at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On February 17th, 2022. See this statement in context.

February 17th, 2022 / 12:45 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

Thank you.

Mr. Hipwell, in your considerable experience in law enforcement and now in the firearms industry—you can just make this anecdotal if you don't have empirical evidence—what percentage of those firearms being used by criminals were legally obtained as opposed to ones that came across the border illegally?

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