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Training Certificate?

  • 22-08-2009 8:07pm
    #1
    shannonpowerlab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭


    I have never owned a gun...do I need to get a training certificate before I can apply for a license?

    There is a section on the Garda License Application form...Could anyone cast some light on this?


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  • #2
    deerhunter1
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    shannonpowerlab wrote: »
    I have never owned a gun...do I need to get a training certificate before I can apply for a license?

    There is a section on the Garda License Application form...Could anyone cast some light on this?
    irea
    No I believe it is for the age of between 14 & 16. You will still have to prove you are competent in the use possession & carrying of a firearm (Sect 2.5) if it is your first firearm
    Good Luck


  • #3
    ormondprop
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    how will they prove whether your competent or not?


  • #4
    Sparks
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    Noone knows ormond.


  • #5
    ormondprop
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    what a well organised country we have


  • #6
    BornToKill
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    deerhunter1 wrote: »
    I believe it is for the age of between 14 & 16.

    Not necessarily, deerhunter1. Anyone of any age can apply for a training cert.


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  • #7
    rrpc
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    BornToKill wrote: »
    Not necessarily, deerhunter1. Anyone of any age can apply for a training cert.
    It would be recommended for beginners. It's half the price and doesn't require you to actually purchase a firearm.


  • #8
    shannonpowerlab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭shannonpowerlab


    Who issues them? I have found no reference on it on the net...

    Well I used to go shooting with a gun owned by a range so I know how to use them but just wondering if it is mandatory...for over the age limit?


  • #9
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    shannonpowerlab wrote: »
    Who issues them? I have found no reference on it on the net...
    Your local Garda Superintendant (or Chief Superintendant in the case of a Restricted Firearm); the Training Firearm Certificate is just one type of Firearm Certificate that can be applied for with the new FCA1 form.
    Take a look at the Announcment at the top of the main forum for more details:
    Firearms Licence Renewal Information => Please read this before asking about the changes in the licence this year!

    shannonpowerlab wrote: »
    Well I used to go shooting with a gun owned by a range so I know how to use them but just wondering if it is mandatory...for over the age limit?
    There's no upper limit on who can apply for the Training Firearm Certificate, but it's the only one for which a person aged 14-16 can apply.

    Clarification:
    That's 14 or 15 years old; once someone turns 16, they can apply for any of the other 'full' licence types if they wish.


  • #10
    shannonpowerlab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭shannonpowerlab


    We have rather complicated system here don't we? It is a bit like the old provisional driving license isn't it?


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