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Weapons Culture in Ireland

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  • #102
    Melodeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,411 ✭✭✭Melodeon


    Conall Cernach wrote: »
    Thanks, I'll look into it locally.

    From the Shooting forum Important & Useful Information thread:
    Details and Contacts for Clay Pigeon Clubs and Rifle/Pistol Ranges in Ireland


  • #103
    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,603 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    MarkY91 wrote: »
    I would never like to legalise guns here as thatd be ridicilous.

    Civilians have been able to own licensed firearms in the ROI since the foundation of the state. Due to the fact that licensed firearms holders respect and uphold the law people like you don't even realize that there are in excess of 200,000 legally held sporting firearms owned by civilians in the state.


  • #104
    Vowel Movement
    Registered Users Posts: 299 ✭✭Vowel Movement


    I've fired a .177 at my uncle's a few times.


  • #105
    Nucular Arms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭Nucular Arms


    I love shooting guns.

    It's like having two penises, but one of them has the ability to kill.


  • #106
    Señor Fancy Pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,628 ✭✭✭Señor Fancy Pants


    There are a large amount of unlicensed and illegally held firearms in the state. Anything from .22 and across the whole spectrum. To think otherwise is silly.

    I agree that it is not necessary for every citizen to have a firearm, just for the sake of it. There really is no need. The argument of owning a firearm for "self defence" purposes is a weak one.

    If it were the case that we could all legally own one for self defence, I believe that gun crime, accidental shootings and spontaneous or shootings caused by lapses of emotional judgement would be prevalent. That's not a society in which I would like to live.

    Having various firearms for sporting / hunting / recreational use is fine by me, It's legitimate. Most firearms holders are responsible people with no nefarious reasons for having one.

    I'm happy that the majority of AGS are not armed. Even the most well trained can get caught up in a tense moment and needlessly fire a shot.


  • #107
    Darpa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭Darpa


    Samaris wrote: »

    Have you ever fired a gun?

    Yes, thousands of rounds
    Samaris wrote: »
    Would you like to be able to freely carry a weapon?

    No, because then every guaranteed clem who the state could not uncover a reason to prevent them owning a gun, would get to own one as well, and that would be an absolute disaster for Irish society. Anyone who wants fondle guns at home or carry them in public is exactly the same type that should be banned from having them.

    In a free, well run and policed society there is no need for guns at home or on the streets. I am extremely well training in firearms and yet I would hate the thought over ever evening having to keep one at home, never mind carry one around. I hope Ireland never degenerates to that level.
    Samaris wrote: »

    Do you have any training in weapons?

    Thousands of hours in total
    Samaris wrote: »

    Would you be more or less comfortable with a more openly "weaponised" society, more freedom to own a gun or carry it, the police being more likely to be armed - and consequently, more criminal gun use.

    Precisely because of the experience I have had and seen with weapons, absolutely not.
    It does no national society any good to up the arms race between its citizens.


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