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Man held after arriving at Mountjoy with gun

  • 30-11-2009 1:46pm
    #1
    DonJose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,470 ✭✭✭


    LOL at those crazy Romanians, how thr fukk did he get the gun into Ireland and why the fukk did he think it was OK to drive around with a concealed weapon :eek:

    A man has been arrested after he arrived at Mountjoy Jail this morning carrying a loaded gun.

    The 37-year-old man was driving a waste disposal truck.

    When the driver was asked at the security checkpoint if he had anything on him that he should not have, he showed them a loaded Walther semi-automatic pistol and two cartridges with 14 rounds of ammunition.

    AdvertisementThe handgun was taken from the man by prison officers.

    Gardaí from Mountjoy Garda Station, which is next door, were called in and the man was arrested.

    Detectives are now trying to establish where he got the gun, how long he had it and why.

    While the man may have had a license for the weapon in his home country, Romania, he did not have it licensed in Ireland.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1130/mountjoy.html


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  • #2
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    DonJose wrote: »
    LOL at those crazy Romanians, how thr fukk did he get the gun into Ireland and why the fukk did he think it was OK to drive around with a concealed weapon :eek:

    A man has been arrested after he arrived at Mountjoy Jail this morning carrying a loaded gun.

    The 37-year-old man was driving a waste disposal truck.

    When the driver was asked at the security checkpoint if he had anything on him that he should not have, he showed them a loaded Walther semi-automatic pistol and two cartridges with 14 rounds of ammunition.

    AdvertisementThe handgun was taken from the man by prison officers.

    Gardaí from Mountjoy Garda Station, which is next door, were called in and the man was arrested.

    Detectives are now trying to establish where he got the gun, how long he had it and why.

    While the man may have had a license for the weapon in his home country, Romania, he did not have it licensed in Ireland.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1130/mountjoy.html

    You clearly are mistaken Romanian for roma


  • #3
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Some people think that it's perfectly reasonable to carry a concealed weapon for protection.

    This may well have been de rigeur where he came from. If he intending on doing something specific with it, he wouldn't have told Gardai about it.

    Some people are just clueless and/or insane. Go down to the depths of Co. Wicklow and you'll find people who carry shotguns in their vehicles and have no qualms in pulling it out if you annoy them.


  • #4
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    seamus wrote: »
    and have no qualms in pulling it out if you annoy them.

    where would they put the shotgun while "pulling it out"


  • #5
    Shazbot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭Shazbot


    snyper wrote: »
    You clearly are mistaken Romanian for roma

    It states nowhere in the article that the man was a Roma. It simply says he's from Romania.
    You're quick to judge there. You're clearly mistaken what's writen for your imagination.


  • #6
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,267 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Now thats a news story, imagine the guards response asking him what he expect to be a routine question, do you have anything on ya and then he pulls the gun :pac:

    Priceless, although one has to imagine did he get the gun here or did he bring it with him whenever he came here?


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  • #7
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,650 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    DonJose wrote: »

    When the driver was asked at the security checkpoint if he had anything on him that he should not have, he showed them a loaded Walther semi-automatic pistol and two cartridges with 14 rounds of ammunition.

    Idiot write. The Cartridges are the rounds. He has 2 magazines.
    Shazbot wrote: »
    It states nowhere in the article that the man was a Roma. It simply says he's from Romania.
    You're quick to judge there. You're clearly mistaken what's writen for your imagination.

    Snyper never said the man was a Roma, but the OP made it sound like he thought the man was a Roma.


  • #8
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    minidazzler wrote: »
    the OP made it sound like he thought the man was a Roma.

    And he did this how exactly? By saying "those crazy Romanians"?


  • #9
    DonJose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,470 ✭✭✭DonJose


    minidazzler wrote: »
    Snyper never said the man was a Roma, but the OP made it sound like he thought the man was a Roma.

    I never mentioned "Roma", I said Romanian based on "While the man may have had a license for the weapon in his home country, Romania, he did not have it licensed in Ireland."


  • #10
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    DonJose wrote: »
    I never mentioned "Roma", I said Romanian based on "While the man may have had a license for the weapon in his home country, Romania, he did not have it licensed in Ireland."

    Just case he's from Romania and identifies himself as Romanian and for all intents and purposes is Romanian doesn't mean you can call him a Romanian.

    Don't be a daft racist now.


  • #11
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Gardai have arrested Mr Permis De Conducere pending further enquiries.


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  • #12
    mikom
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    DonJose wrote: »

    When the driver was asked at the security checkpoint if he had anything on him that he should not have, he showed them a loaded Walther semi-automatic pistol and two cartridges with 14 rounds of ammunition.


    Makes a change from them having a concealed bunch of roses, then forcibly trying to sell them to you.


  • #13
    NothingMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    DonJose wrote: »
    I never mentioned "Roma", I said Romanian based on "While the man may have had a license for the weapon in his home country, Romania, he did not have it licensed in Ireland."

    Besides he was driving a waste disposal truck, so I assume he was gainfully employed. From that I extrapolate he was definitely not Roma.

    I went out with a Romanian girl in school and she was hawt, and she would be more than happy to tell you the MAJOR difference between a Romanian and a Roma!


  • #14
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    minidazzler wrote: »
    Idiot write. The Cartridges are the rounds. He has 2 magazines.
    Dirty mags and guns. That man needs locking up


  • #15
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Look, I'm as racist as the next guy but of we are gonna discriminate then let's do it right.

    We know the guy was Romanian. We don't know he was a Roma so it is pointless refering to him as if he was.


  • #16
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Where he get the gun from I'd like to know?
    He didn't go through Dublin Airport with it (I hope) when he first arrived in the country so he had to have gotten it by other means.
    Bit mad. Surely he should have know that you just don't turn up at a prison with a gun.

    Like Duh!!!


  • #17
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Biggins wrote: »
    Where he get the gun from I'd like to know?
    He didn't go through Dublin Airport with it (I hope) when he first arrived in the country so he had to have gotten it by other means.
    Bit mad. Surely he should have know that you just don't turn up at a prison with a gun.

    It's easy to get a gun in this city.


  • #18
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    It's easy to get a gun in this city.

    O' I know that only too well.
    I'm sure he will he asked some very hard questions as to where he got his.


  • #19
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Biggins wrote: »
    Where he get the gun from I'd like to know?
    He didn't go through Dublin Airport with it (I hope) when he first arrived in the country so he had to have gotten it by other means.
    Bit mad. Surely he should have know that you just don't turn up at a prison with a gun.

    Like Duh!!!

    You would swear there was a wall built around the country. Maybe he drove from Romania with it. There is very little security checking at ferries.

    Also, the guards asked him was there anything he shouldnt have. By admitting he had it, then logically he did know he shouldnt have had it otherwise he would not have admitted having it.

    The headline should read "Man arrested for being honest"


  • #20
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    syklops wrote: »
    You would swear there was a wall built around the country. Maybe he drove from Romania with it. There is very little security checking at ferries.

    Also, the guards asked him was there anything he shouldnt have. By admitting he had it, then logically he did know he shouldnt have had it otherwise he would not have admitted having it.

    The headline should read "Man arrested for being honest"

    True. One would think though that if I know I got an illegal gun and also that I shouldn't bring it to a prison - then jeasus, maybe I should leave it at home!
    Credit to him for being honest and forthright for handing it over but he was a bit of a fool for bringing it there in the first place.


  • #21
    K-Ren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 357 ✭✭K-Ren


    Biggins wrote: »
    O' I know that only too well.
    I'm sure he will he asked some very hard questions as to where he got his.

    Questions like : '' Where did you get this? ''


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  • #22
    Ponster
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    Honest? Wasn't he just stupid in admitting that he had a weapon in the first place ?

    Surely it's a question they ask of everyone entering the complex rather than suggestion that they were suspicious of him?


  • #23
    TripleXXX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭TripleXXX


    I suppose he'll be allowed remain in the country regardless of this crime :rolleyes:


  • #24
    seamus
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    TripleXXX wrote: »
    I suppose he'll be allowed remain in the country regardless of this crime :rolleyes:
    Yeah, down with honest immigrants!


  • #25
    Odysseus
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    Ponster wrote: »
    Honest? Wasn't he just stupid in admitting that he had a weapon in the first place ?

    Surely it's a question they ask of everyone entering the complex rather than suggestion that they were suspicious of him?

    The I guess he goes through the same security check as I do when I'm on offical business in the prisons, namely a metal detector, so he would have been busted either way.

    Then again as he would not have direct contact with prisoners maybe he wouldn't and it could have been merely a check for mobiles.


  • #26
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,813 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    syklops wrote: »
    The headline should read "Man arrested for being honest"

    Could be worse. There was that chap (Paul Clarke) in the UK last month who was convicted for turning in a shotgun that he found into a police station. The law did not make any allowances for posession of an unlicensed shotgun, even if you were honestly turning it in. He's due to be sentenced the end of next week.

    NTM


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