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Concealed Gun?

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  • 25-01-2006 11:33am
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    scout
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    saw in another thread that you have to carry your gun out of sight is this true and why:confused:


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    Sparks
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    Not in all cases scout, just those common sense would preclude. You can't wander around O'Connell street carrying a rifle, for example, you'd be done for carrying an offensive weapon. If you're out hunting, that's a different matter - you're on private land with permission to be there. Carrying your rifle from the range to your car, same story (assuming you're in the car park of course). And likewise from your house to the car. But get on public transport and you're breaking a road safety act; walk about in public and you're carrying an offensive weapon.

    It's not exactly onerous - people tend to keep their firearms cased off the range anyway, in the interests of personal security and safety.


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    scout
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    what about walking down to the land you shoot on that3 miles away?

    Is it a guide line or law

    i can see that you would not want to draw unwanted attention but in cork the is a gun dealer on the main st.


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    Clare gunner
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    If it is in a gunslip,gun case ,no problem.Ditto for commuting to and from gundealers in city centres.


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    Sparks
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    scout wrote:
    what about walking down to the land you shoot on that3 miles away?
    Stick it in a slip or a case so.
    Is it a guide line or law
    A mix of both.
    i can see that you would not want to draw unwanted attention but in cork the is a gun dealer on the main st.
    Well, put yourself in his shoes. Someone he doesn't know from Adam pulls up outside, gets out of the car with a shotgun and walks in the door. Is this person a paying customer or someone looking to rob him? Common courtesy would be to have the firearm in a case, even if the law didn't say so (which it does for the few feet from your car to his shop).


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