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  • 01-05-2008 11:30pm
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    paraman
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    hi

    looking for some advice, I have applied for a .22 rifle licence and seven weeks have past. how long should I wait ? I have a gun safe, the house is alarmed and I am a memeber of a gun club and target shoot quite often. I have no crimnal record and even have insurance. I have even bought a gun case for transporting the rifle.

    thanks


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    IRLConor
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    paraman wrote: »
    looking for some advice, I have applied for a .22 gun licence and seven weeks have past. how long should I wait ? I have a gun safe, the house is alarmed and I am a memeber of a gun club and target shoot quite often. I have no crimnal record and even have insurance. I have even bought a gun case for transporting the rifle.

    It depends on the district, the workloads of the FAO, the Superintendent, the CPO (sometimes), the criminal records checking people, the phase of the moon... :)

    Mine took roughly 8 weeks.


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    It wasn't me!
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    Mine took five or six weeks (not that they told me then :rolleyes:). You can contact the firearms section in the Phoenix Park, which is what I eventually did, to find my licence had been dealt with several weeks previously. Here's a link to the information you'll need and some people's experiences. You may well find it's sitting in your local station. Good luck.


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    Invincible
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    paraman wrote: »
    hi

    looking for some advice, I have applied for a .22 rifle licence and seven weeks have past. how long should I wait ? I have a gun safe, the house is alarmed and I am a memeber of a gun club and target shoot quite often. I have no crimnal record and even have insurance. I have even bought a gun case for transporting the rifle.

    thanks

    You are entitled to receive your licence or a reason for refusal within two months,otherwise you can take it further,as in contacting N.A.R.G.C with details of your application.


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    It wasn't me!
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    It's three months.


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    bunny shooter
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    My last one took 5 months :o


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    rrpc
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    bunny shooter wrote: »
    My last one took 5 months :o

    Ah, that's only because it's you bunny :D


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    rrpc
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    paraman wrote: »
    hi

    looking for some advice, I have applied for a .22 rifle licence and seven weeks have past. how long should I wait ? I have a gun safe, the house is alarmed and I am a memeber of a gun club and target shoot quite often. I have no crimnal record and even have insurance. I have even bought a gun case for transporting the rifle.

    thanks

    Pop in to your station and ask how it's going. You could phone them also. It does no harm and lets them know you're serious about it. Paperwork is the bane of the Garda's existence, so it's resisted at every opportunity :D


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    bunny shooter
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    rrpc wrote: »
    Ah, that's only because it's you bunny :D

    Probably :o


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    paraman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭paraman


    thanks for the quick reply everyone, going to ring garda HQ , Mary,it will have to wait untill Tuesday because of bank holiday. just back from gun club shooting 9mm pistols great fun


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