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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 OTTAWA 001329 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR MP/DTCC BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR BALLARD, 
VANCOUVER FOR ALVARSON AND BENSON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CA ETTC KOMC
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 REQUEST: 
PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK OF LICENSE 050113948 
 
REF: (A) STATE 081385 (B) 06 VANCOUVER 500 
 
¶1.  SUMMARY:  Per reftel A, Consulate General Vancouver 
investigated Paul Reibin, dba Range Sports Unlimited (RSU), 
regarding his bona fides to export munitions as identified 
under application 050113948.  Mr. Reibin is in possession of 
a Business Firearms License issued by the Canadian Firearms 
Centre (CFC) permitting him to sell non-prohibited ammunition 
that was verified by a CFC officer.  End Summary. 
 
¶2.  Congen Vancouver Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco Assistant 
Country Attach (ATA) Terry Alverson and Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement Assistant Attach Kevin Benson conducted 
a site visit at RSU and interviewed Reibin in Kamloops, 
British Columbia on October 2, 2008.  Reibin resides and 
conducts business in a single-family home located in a 
residential neighborhood at 845 Pleasant Street, Kamloops, 
BC, V2C-3B5.  This location is confirmed as RSU,s registered 
place of business on both Reibin,s Firearms License, 
#10008675.0010, and Industry Canada,s website. 
 
¶3.  Reibin stated that he retired from Canada Border Services 
Agency, formerly known as Customs & Excise, in 1988. He has 
been active in competitive rifle shooting for many years and 
is a member of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association and 
competes internationally. 
 
¶4.  Reibin stated that he started his firearms business in 
1975 and that he has held a business firearms license since 
¶1990.  He conducts all firearms business at his residence by 
appointment only.  He advertises in firearms literature ) a 
Google search located his business on an &Adams Lake Rifle 
Barrels8 website, 
www.riflebarrels.ca/html/links and contacts.html.  Reibin 
stated that much of his business is with friends and 
associates. The majority of his business deals with firearm 
actions and parts and that he would like to sell more 
ammunition.  He estimated his current inventory to be three 
rifle actions; 2,500 bullets and 1,000 empty ammunition 
brass.  He stated that he currently owns approximately 10 
personal firearms. 
 
¶5.  Reibin stated that he became acquainted with Berger 
Bullets (BB), identified at the seller in reftel, via an 
associate on England,s shooting team who gave him two boxes 
of their bullets.  Reibin wants to import the bullets to sell 
to competitive and sport shooters in Canada.  Reibin stated 
that he has no intention to export the bullets from Canada 
and realized that any subsequent export is not authorized. 
 
¶6.  Although no specific point of contact was provide for BB, 
Reibin stated that he had contacted the company to express 
his interest in purchasing bullets from them.  A BB 
representative advised Reibin that prior to any order being 
processed that he would have to complete an export 
application.  Subsequently Reibin received documentation that 
he filled out and returned to BB however he was not able to 
produce a copy of those documents.  Reibin stated that he has 
no pending purchase orders with BB and that if, and when, his 
application is approved, he will order only amounts necessary 
to fill customer requests. 
 
¶7.  In an apparent memory lapse, when asked whether he had 
ever before applied to export munitions from the U.S., Reibin 
stated that he was denied approval to export several RPA 
Qstated that he was denied approval to export several RPA 
rifle actions approximately five or six years ago although he 
did not know why.  COMMENT:  The application was actually 
submitted and denied in 2006, reftel B.  END COMMENT. 
 
¶8.  On October 6, 2008 ATA Alverson spoke with Firearms 
Officer (FO) Ken Kimball, CFC in Kamloops.  Kimball has dealt 
with Reibin in an official capacity for roughly 10 years. 
Kimball knows Reibin to import RPA rifle actions for use in 
the assembly and manufacture of competitive shooting rifles 
which he sells.  At the time of Reibin,s last inspection, 
June 3, 2004, his inventory consisted of one .22 rifle and 15 
RPA rifle actions.  Kimball stated that the security at 
Reibin,s residence is adequate for the business he conducts 
and that Reibin has two gun vaults in the basement and 
another in a structure behind the house.  Kimball stated that 
 
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he has never noted a negative finding in his review of 
Reibin,s business practices and that Reibin has been 
generally cooperative. 
 
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