How did a rifle get into Cpl. Desmond’s hands?

After exploring how the provincial health care system, and civilian and military authorities let down Afghanistan veteran Cpl. Lionel Desmond, and led to the tragic murder-suicide, the Desmond Fatality Inquiry looked into how he was able to obtain the murder weapon. On February 18, a New Brunswick RCMP officer who confiscated Cpl. Desmond’s rifle in…