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Surrender of firearms to AGS

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  • #52
    deerhunter1
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    Sparks wrote: »
    No, but the Garda watching you is. RFDs have no special qualifications in the eyes of the state to work on firearms like this, don't forget - it's Registered Firearms Dealer, not gunsmith.

    I do not think so, most GS would not know one end of a firearm to another, and would not want to


  • #53
    Sparks
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    deerhunter1 wrote: »
    I do not think so, most GS would not know one end of a firearm to another, and would not want to
    I know, but they still have the necessary authority. Now, that doesn't mean they'll agree to it... but it's an option if they will, so why not ask?


  • #54
    deerhunter1
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    Sparks wrote: »
    I know, but they still have the necessary authority. Now, that doesn't mean they'll agree to it... but it's an option if they will, so why not ask?

    True True


  • #55
    Sparks
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    It's kindof odd in a way - our law is more aimed at limiting what firearms people can possess and under what conditions... but actually getting rid of firearms isn't covered by the law properly at all. One of the more unusual aspects of the law, that.


  • #56
    Hunter21
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    If the licences are still in date why isn't the original poster advertising these guns for sale on boards.ie rather then resorting to cutting them up!?


  • #57
    Our man in Havana
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    They are worthless.

    I has further news which I shall reveal later.


  • #58
    Hunter21
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    Our man in Havana wrote: »
    They are worthless.

    I has further news which I shall reveal later.

    One mans rubbish is another mans treasure :D


  • #59
    cw67irl
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    If they are worthless why not offer to give them away ? The remington i believe is like a ruger 10/22 so custom parts could be easily got, If i had the spare cash to build another custom 22 i would have been interested in the remington!

    Most clubs would have young lads interested in shooting without their own guns would be a nice Christmas present for a young lad starting out !


  • #60
    meathstevie
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    On a sidenote; what's the legal definition of an "authorised person" when it comes to destroying a gun ? Is it the wife of the fella that owns a hardware store that sells 10 boxes a cartridges a year ?

    Is it a registered and qualified gunsmith that can put pen to paper and say, on such and such a date I destroyed a single barrel shotgun, Brand, serial number by ..... .

    Or is it simply yourself who's authorised to have the gun in your possession with the approval of a friendly Garda turning it into scrap with an anglegrinder ?


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  • #61
    Sparks
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    The superintendent is the one with the legal authority to have the firearm destroyed meathstevie (section 6 of the act covers it) but there's no legal guideline or rule on how it's to be destroyed.


  • #62
    meathstevie
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    Sparks wrote: »
    The superintendent is the one with the legal authority to have the firearm destroyed meathstevie (section 6 of the act covers it) but there's no legal guideline or rule on how it's to be destroyed.

    If I get this right than Sparks when not renewing the options are store, sell or destroy and the person granting authorisation for possession (Supt. AGS) in the first place is the one who has to be satisfied that destruction has taken place. How exactly that's done is not cast in stone.

    A lot more straightforward in the North, hand them in at your nearest station, fill in the paperwork and walk away and the guns are destroyed in a centralised location.


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