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can my friend leave his rifle in my gun safe?

  • 20-07-2008 11:51pm
    #1
    flanum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭


    my mate paid for a new Air-Arms Fac rated air rifle yesterday. its a beaut! he hasnt had a firearm for a few years and is just gettin back into it, (he is wheelchair bound and has finally found an outlet that he loves... plinking and targets via my gun!!). anyhows, with the nature of his work (freelance english teacher to non nationals/adult literacy), he is never in one place for more than 3 days per week, he has several addresses, but non permanent etc.
    if he put on his application form for the rifle that it will be kept in my safe, would that be ok? im here (licence holder) 7 days a week, so his rifle will always be in an occupied house.
    anybody any idea if this is acceptable before he actually says this to the F.O?


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  • #2
    IRLConor
    Subscribers Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭IRLConor


    Logically, the FO should accept that arrangement as being more secure, whether they will or not will probably boil down to the local FO/Super.

    I'm licensed on a DURC club gun which is obviously not stored in my home. It's stored in a different Garda district to where I live and my local FO had no problem with it.

    I'd say there's a fair chance the FO will accept it, and there's nothing to lose by asking.


  • #3
    thehair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 624 ✭✭✭thehair


    flanum wrote: »
    my mate paid for a new Air-Arms Fac rated air rifle yesterday. its a beaut! he hasnt had a firearm for a few years and is just gettin back into it, (he is wheelchair bound and has finally found an outlet that he loves... plinking and targets via my gun!!). anyhows, with the nature of his work (freelance english teacher to non nationals/adult literacy), he is never in one place for more than 3 days per week, he has several addresses, but non permanent etc.
    if he put on his application form for the rifle that it will be kept in my safe, would that be ok? im here (licence holder) 7 days a week, so his rifle will always be in an occupied house.
    anybody any idea if this is acceptable before he actually says this to the F.O?

    get your friend to put your name on the firearm cert also if you can trust
    your friend with using the firearm in a safe manner WHY NOT;)STEVE


  • #4
    Sparks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    At the same time we talked about this idea before and the thing with IRLConor's setup is that his rifle is licenced to him but also on DURC's authorisation (same as my two which are also stored that way at the moment). Some FO's might baulk at a rifle being in someone's safe without that someone having a licence for it. That said, it's an easy fix to have two people licenced on the same rifle. Alternatively, if you have the licence for the rifle and he's shooting it on a range, that's perfectly legal as well (it won't work for hunting and you'd have to go to and from the shooting range with him though).


  • #5
    meathstevie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,777 ✭✭✭meathstevie


    It would be the simple solution allright. It's Jimmy's rifle but since Jimmy is on the road a good bit it's going to be stored in Paddy's house. Can you just put Paddy's name and address on the licence as well ?

    It'll have to be some plank of a Super that says no.


  • #6
    flanum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭flanum


    will pass it on to my mate. (this means ill be able to use his air-arms:D).

    i didnt even know 2 people could be put on the same licence:eek:!


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  • #7
    bunny shooter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭bunny shooter


    meathstevie wrote: »
    .........It'll have to be some plank of a Super that says no.

    There are a few out there :rolleyes:


  • #8
    rrpc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭rrpc


    flanum wrote: »
    will pass it on to my mate. (this means ill be able to use his air-arms:D).

    i didnt even know 2 people could be put on the same licence:eek:!

    2 people on the same firearm, which means two separate licences. Why would they say no to two fees for one gun? :D


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