Can just about anyone in a country town own a shotgun, or is it for isolated areas?

CorkMan

I am asking this because back in 1993 there was a feud apparently down in Youghal, where 2 men with shotguns where chasing a man, i'm not sure if the man escaped. I was a child at the time and down by the beach, my aunt wouldn't let me see what was happening.

I wonder if you have to be very isolated to have a license for a shotgun, but I wonder aswell if you get get one in a town with a small population. It was unreal what was happening. If you head a feud with a next door neighbour in the city such measures wouldn't be needed.

NOTE TO MODS: I am not asking very specific questions about getting a shotgun, I do not want the very specific needs to get a shotgun nor do I want a shotgun. I am making this thread as a general discussion and I don't want very specifics, but if people know a bit of the rules they can comment.

mconigol

Yes. Gun crime doesn't happen in cities.

OutlawPete

Doesn't matter mate, the odds of getting one into or around Dublin on Tuesday are very slim.

Guill

Try Here!

CorkMan

mconigol wrote: »

Yes. Gun crime doesn't happen in cities.

I'm talking about between average citizens, not criminals.

Daegerty

CorkMan wrote: »

I wonder if you have to be very isolated to have a license for a shotgun, but I wonder aswell if you get get one in a town with a small population. It was unreal what was happening. If you head a feud with a next door neighbour in the city such measures wouldn't be needed.

If you are a member of a gun club, have permission from a farmer to hunt or own land somewhere you want to hunt on you have a legitimate reason to get a shotgun license. Doesn't matter where you actually live

You can't get a gun for self defence alone in this country unless you buy it off your local gangster

mconigol

CorkMan wrote: »

I'm talking about between average citizens, not criminals.

It's all still gun crime though. Whether it's perpetrated between "average citizens" or criminals.

To answer your questions lots of people in towns and cities have shotguns and riffles as far as I know though. As long as you get Garda clearance.

mikemac

A feud in a country town and locals do their best to stay away from it
Am I wrong to assume who was involved?
To answer your question, those boyos had no licenses for their guns

If you want to go legal, the officer for your area is responsible and above them the superintendent.
Doesn't matter if you live in a local authority house in the house or on 100 hectares outside the town. Every case is reviewed

Fighting Irish

CorkMan wrote: »

I am asking this because back in 1993 there was a feud apparently down in Youghal, where 2 men with shotguns where chasing a man, i'm not sure if the man escaped. I was a child at the time and down by the beach, my aunt wouldn't let me see what was happening.

I wonder if you have to be very isolated to have a license for a shotgun, but I wonder aswell if you get get one in a town with a small population. It was unreal what was happening. If you head a feud with a next door neighbour in the city such measures wouldn't be needed.

NOTE TO MODS: I am not asking very specific questions about getting a shotgun, I do not want the very specific needs to get a shotgun nor do I want a shotgun. I am making this thread as a general discussion and I don't want very specifics, but if people know a bit of the rules they can comment.

LOL @ what boards has become, where you have to explain your thread to mods

For Forks Sake

Fighting Irish wrote: »

LOL @ what boards has become, where you have to explain your thread to mods

Definition no.1

CorkMan

mconigol wrote: »

It's all still gun crime though. Whether it's perpetrated between "average citizens" or criminals.

To answer your questions lots of people in towns and cities have shotguns and riffles as far as I know though. As long as you get Garda clearance.

WHAT!! Do you live in Compton by any chance?

@feelingstressed: I am not sure if it was those undesirables. It might have just been ordinary people from Youghal.

@Fighting_Irish: be quiet....lord forbid we might go off topic.

OutlawPete

I grew up in Dublin and knew loads of people that had shotguns, most of them farmers. One mate at school had a farm in Donabate and his Dad had shotguns all over the house and one in the tractor. When I was around 14 ('87) another friend who lived in Cloghran was messing with his father's shotgun and it went off and he shot himself in the head, died instantly. His brother who ran and found him never got over it apparently. Glad we're not as bad as the states, where gun ownership is so common, they think nothing of giving away free guns at the bank when you open a new account with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z_Sa_cthZI

steddyeddy

Its easier to get a automatic weapon illegally than it is to get a hand gun legally in some american states.

noworries

steddyeddy wrote: »

Its easier to get a automatic weapon illegally than it is to get a hand gun legally in some inner city Dublin areas.

FYP

steddyeddy

noworries wrote: »

FYP

Also true but not only inner city and not only dublin.

Cathaoirleach

Information on Firearms Licensing in Ireland

Dartz

OutlawPete wrote: »

I grew up in Dublin and knew loads of people that had shotguns, most of them farmers. One mate at school had a farm in Donabate and his Dad had shotguns all over the house and one in the tractor. When I was around 14 ('87) another friend who lived in Cloghran was messing with his father's shotgun and it went off and he shot himself in the head, died instantly. His brother who ran and found him never got over it apparently. Glad we're not as bad as the states, where gun ownership is so common, they think nothing of giving away free guns at the bank when you open a new account with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z_Sa_cthZI

Micheal Moore? It's probably faked. Or at least guilded a little to make it more compelling.

deisedevil

CorkMan wrote: »

WHAT!! Do you live in Compton by any chance?

@feelingstressed: I am not sure if it was those undesirables. It might have just been ordinary people from Youghal.

@Fighting_Irish: be quiet....lord forbid we might go off topic.

You asked: "Can just about anyone in a country town own a shotgun, or is it for isolated areas?"

Someone answered there there are lots of people in towns and cities who legally own guns and you come back with a smart response. Why ask the question in the first place if you think people in towns and cities can't have guns?

There are thousands of people in towns and cities who legally own guns and go hunting. Your not automatically up to no good because you own a gun.

steddyeddy

deisedevil wrote: »

You asked: "Can just about anyone in a country town own a shotgun, or is it for isolated areas?"

Someone answered there there are lots of people in towns and cities who legally own guns and you come back with a smart response. Why ask the question in the first place if you think people in towns and cities can't have guns?

There are thousands of people in towns and cities who legally own guns and go hunting. Your not automatically up to no good because you own a gun.

True there is plenty of people who legally have guns who shouldnt have though.

KeithAFC

OutlawPete wrote: »

Doesn't matter mate, the odds of getting one into or around Dublin on Tuesday are very slim.

:pac: Just what i thought. Its an uprising!