Missing applications- security review ?? I doubt it.

Traumadoc

http://www.sbpost.ie/news/ireland/review-of-gardai-it-security-ordered-after-gun-files-lost-50873.html

sfakiaman

For me it would be a novelty if applications were not lost or mislaid :(.

Grizzly 45

Funny that...
It only seems to be firearms related,but court summons,arrest warrents,motortax offences, applications, notifications,etc,etc,ad infiniteum of the day to day Garda paperwork NEVER seems to go missing....Strange .

jwshooter

again this has back fired to the gardai ,o its lost ,miss layed or in my case there is a big box in the station .

good on the narge only for them ,our sport would a thing of the past .


this new firearms bill is now the most challenged piece of legislation since the foundation of the state and its going to get worse .

over 10 months waiting now for me .

Cass

You have to love the effectiveness of a well oiled publicity machine. At the end of the article it states;

.......... the Gardai engaged an extensive public information campaign to highlight the introduction of the new licensing system.......

Funny that as my local station relied on my application to fill in all others. By October they still were not "up to speed" on the FCA1 and were without a clue on the FCA2. The ins and outs of substitutions eluded them and the whole restricted / unrestricted thing also caused confusion.

Then only a short while ago they initiated a "public assistance scheme" to aid those who had not submitted an FCA1 as they found it difficult.

............. assistance was offered in Garda stations around the country to individual applicants in the completion of the forms.......

This was so successful that 2 of the 4 staions in my locality were closed, 1 had no FO and the 4th was ineffective as the FO was on holidays and all FCA1s and FCA2s were being "stockpiled" until his return.

I am not ranting simply stating the obvious. I can speak from personal and first hand experience as one of my applications was "lost" for 7 months. To "Joe public" it would seem that we as sports shooters are so "dumb", "idiotic", "inept" that we needed to be held by the hand through the flawless new system put in place to "help" us. We, the average shooter, knew more about the system than the Gardai and for the few that were in need of help found, insult, ignorance, and a complete lack of knowledge towards the new licensing system.

However the Gardai press office is far more adept at PR than any shooting organisation and enjoys the ear of most forms of media.

Grizzly 45

jwshooter wrote: »

over 10 months waiting now for me .

Dont mind me asking JW..What are you waiting ten months for??

jwshooter

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Dont mind me asking JW..What are you waiting ten months for??

all my gun licences .

Grizzly 45

Have they been granted?Or you still hanging there waiting for a decision??:eek:

jwshooter

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Have they been granted?Or you still hanging there waiting for a decision??:eek:

noting in writing after ringing the Sargent a few times ,one last chance is the morning then des is going to handle it for me .

we have a problem with a sub station in clonroache .im not the only one

johngalway

jwshooter wrote: »

all my gun licences .

That's extracting the urine.

Grizzly 45

If they have been granted ,a solicitors letter of mandamus would be in order.Amazed that you and the rest havent been onto the Garda ombudsman about this as well.

jwshooter

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

If they have been granted ,a solicitors letter of mandamus would be in order.Amazed that you and the rest havent been onto the Garda ombudsman about this as well.

i know a guy that has , a waist of time .