Attempted burglary Aghamore shooting

Bye-bye firearm.

The hole in the bonnet looks more like it was a rifle than a shotgun, if it was a high powered rifle, particularly at short range the bullet could implode inside the bonnet and damage wiring or the cooling system

It all depends on if an actual robbery was taking place or if the shooter suspected one was imminent . If the Gardaí find that a burglary was happening he should be ok .

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/farmer-opens-fire-at-getaway-van-after-third-burglary-gang-raid-in-a-year/a1750340359.html

It’s truely awful the fear that these people have brought to rural ireland for so many years , farmer in Mayo having to fire shots after his third time been robbed this year - all the garda stations Fine Gael closed making it easy for these travelling gangs in rural Ireland and lenient judges

If it wasn't FG it was FF who even themselves have come to the conclusion that they're virtually identical parties. The two of them have taken turns for a century having their turn at the trough and now they're sharing it together. Nothing has been done about rural crime and FFG don't seem to care. The responsibility lies with them. It shouldn't be up to farmers to use arms.

The gardai are essentially hogtied at this point when it comes to this activity. Why would they bother when they see one of their colleagues being brought up on charges because of those three tramps bastards from Tallaght that drove the wrong way down the motorway and killed themselves.

People in rural areas or living alone should have a shotgun in their house because at this point, self protection is the only way.

Its like in the article

Read the article

3 times already

No mention of that in the Galway Beo article which is what this thread was about. The information about 3 previous incidents only came to light after my post that you responded to. Try to keep up.

A fair point

CSI Ballyhaunis

Should everyone who has had their homes burgaled be allowed a gun?

FF, FG, what's the difference?... two cheeks of the same arse.

As the leading parties, singly or together they have overseen the stripping down of services.

It is only a matter of time before we have another dead "travelling" thief case.

it’s not self defence if you have time to go get your firearm , hid somewhere and then wait for someone to come to you property.Thats a straight forward “ I’m going to teach these F**kers not to mess with me “ .Unfortunately if you are a licensed firearms holder in this country you can’t do that.

Sad that to get a Garda response that he had to call the gardai and say that he fired shots.

If he called and said there was a gang of ethnic Irish robbing his house the response would have been "we'll send a car when one is available".

He will get his gun back as the law changed in 2022 and he is allowed to defend his property.

"When the van pulled up to collect him [the suspected burglar], he shot at the engine"

Very restrained response in the circumstances

But if there was a chance that the homeowner was armed, would the criminals not ramp up too, or even break in when they saw him leave in order to steal the weapon?

I can just see as weapons proliferate, an Irish version of the NRA kicking off to advise that the best way to avoid shootings was to buy guns, then of course the best way of avoiding mass shooting was to buy more guns.

Having worked with the things in the UK, the sad fact is that I know full well that guns and fruitcakes have a great affinity for each other.

Personally If I felt concerned I would pester my TD for better protection, as I would about migrants and other things hitting the news.

They don't affect me though, some thefts were carried out in the area, but the culprits were identified and I assume dealt with.

Likewise, I see migrants that came here years back working in shops in the town and they are now Irish, working and living here, as am I.

So consequently, I don't feel the need to bother my TD to address problems that do not concern me.

If I was more concerned about crime, I would be more inclined to pester him about drugs. Likewise I know no drug users or traders, but I would guess from the news that drugs are behind a considerable amount of crime.

Well the farmer involved in the recent story seems to have handled his gun perfectly competently.

Putting a few holes in a getaway van and none in himself.

Bit of a difference between a VW Transporter and VW Fox.

there is a certain inevitability to this story which will be the same next time.

We need proper policing.

Many good sized towns have 3 Gardai on duty, with illness, Court or other on the job absences that drops to 2 or even 1, 2 means one in the station and one car out single manned, that single manned car needs support from another similarly manned station for almost all calls.

its pathetic management and it is absolutely not policing.

Exactly, farmers with guns are very comfortable with discharging their firearms safely, with plenty of opportunities for practice against pests. It's not like they're someone who has a gun for "safety" or personal "rights" but never used it. They only have firearms in the first instance because they have a working need for one on their farm.

And who do you think in Ireland get killed by guns every year

Farmers, they shoot themselves or their families, rarely anyone else