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  • 20-05-2008 6:35am
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    Victor
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    I'm wondering why the department went for a "Restricted List" instead of a "Permitted List". Surely anything that they forgot to put on the Restricted List is in theory permitted - if only I can prove a use for that 16 inch gun. It would save a lot of people going through the courts.


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    rrpc
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    Well the restricted list is effectively a 'permitted' list seeing as it describes everything that's not restricted and therefore everything else is.


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    Grizzly 45
    Registered Users Posts: 15,023 ✭✭✭✭Grizzly 45


    Welcome to the world of Orwellian doublespeak:rolleyes:

    "If you want to keep someone away from your house, Just fire the shotgun through the door."

    Vice President [and former lawyer] Joe Biden Field& Stream Magazine interview Feb 2013 "



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    Kareir
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    If i recall right, it does say "(This list is non-exhaustive)"

    I presume this means anything not mentioned is still restricted?

    _Kar.


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    IRLConor
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    Nope, it doesn't say that. What it does say is:
    Firearms other than those to which subparagraph (2) relates are declared to be restricted firearms for the purposes of the Act

    Subparagraph (2) then describes firearms which are not restricted.

    So anything not listed in that subparagraph is restricted.


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