garda Shot in the face

EyesOnly

just saw the in the people

A Female Garda was shot in the face with a pellet gun last weekend. The officer, who is based in Ballina Co.Mayo, was directing traffic in the town center when she was struck.
She was not injured in the incident last friday. Garda warned the weapons "Are not toys".
A spokesman said : "these should not be in the hands of inexperienced youngsters who do not realise the dangers of these weappons."

i take it was a BB gun as she wasnt injured, these kind of people are gunna ruin it for the rest of us.

kdouglas

my first thoughts at reading this thread title were:

Oh god, it's started already!

god dammit, what stupid scumbag knacker gave their kid one of these things? especially a kid who is stupid enough to go and shoot a garda with it? if you want to let your kid play with a pellet/bb/airsoft gun, then let them shoot some targets in the back garden, and keep the gun locked away where they cant get at it unless your there. stupid feckin scumbags!!!
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SpitfireIV

Who says it was a kid? It could have been an adult scumbag knacker, acting the b*ll*cks. I can see something like this happening, young guys going about in cars for a laugh shooting at people as they pass, I seen it once on an American Police camera show, these young guys going about in a car with a paintball gun shooting at people, the gobsheens taped it all and then fired at an off duty cop, not knowing who he was , that sorted them!

EyesOnly

Well i think it was a kid cos they said youngster so 15-17?, but if this sort of thing carrys on we all might have to get license's ;/. Im def not gunna get rid of €450-500 worth of stuff, we could do with some sort of club been setup so atleast we'd have a leg to stand on if it all does go pear shaped

Miscreant

Great, just what we need when we are trying to get this off the ground. This type of thing is one of the reasons why they wanted to ban Airsoft in the UK recently. I figure if someone is brandishing one of these weapons in public with the intent to shoot someone (Garda or not) they deserve every punishment that the Law can dish out. I am just glad that the Garda was not seriously injured because I am sure a bb pellet travelling at 250fps plus at point blank range would still take an eye out!!
Lets hope that come November when more of the CJ bill is written into Law that they do not put a ban on "toys" firing at under 1J but looking like real life weapons..... You can kiss Airsoft goodbye then. I will be keeping my fingers crossed.

IronWolf

Pellet guns are not to be confused with airsoft guns, we must demonstrate that to both the media and LE.

B00MSTICK

Irish Airsoft Association anyone?

Sparks

Miscreant wrote:

Lets hope that come November when more of the CJ bill is written into Law that they do not put a ban on "toys" firing at under 1J but looking like real life weapons..... You can kiss Airsoft goodbye then. I will be keeping my fingers crossed.

The parts of the Firearms Act 2006 coming into force in a month or two are to do with licencing actual firearms and reloading and authorising clubs and ranges. Those parts can't affect airsoft, only paintball, because airsoft guns are not legally firearms and thus aren't covered by the Act.

That doesn't mean the Minister can't turn around tomorrow and draft a law banning them again...

Sparks

As to an Irish Airsoft Association, it seems to me that it's more important to get the sport moving right now than it is to decide who gets to be the little emperor. Set up fields, run courses on safety or on better playing tactics, organise competitions and leagues, open clubs - that's the first priority, IMHO. And frankly, if I can pass on some advice from the shooting sports, the day that stuff stops being a priority is the day you really need to worry because that's when the little emperors show up.

Harekin

Sparks wrote:

As to an Irish Airsoft Association, it seems to me that it's more important to get the sport moving right now than it is to decide who gets to be the little emperor. Set up fields, run courses on safety or on better playing tactics, organise competitions and leagues, open clubs - that's the first priority, IMHO. And frankly, if I can pass on some advice from the shooting sports, the day that stuff stops being a priority is the day you really need to worry because that's when the little emperors show up.

COMPLETLY agreed.