How many licenses are issued in Ireland

clivej

I'm trying to get information together for a video project for next year at college. I'm completing a BSc Hon. in multimedia.
I need to know the total number of licenses in 2010 and in what categories they were issued in.

I.E. Shotgun, Handgun, Rifle, and restricted firearms.

Or where to look for this info.

any help please on this.

cheers
cj

doyle61

clivej wrote: »

I'm trying to get information together for a video project for next year at college. I'm completing a BSc Hon. in multimedia.
I need to know the total number of licenses in 2010 and in what categories they were issued in.

I.E. Shotgun, Handgun, Rifle, and restricted firearms.

Or where to look for this info.

any help please on this.

cheers
cj

Department of justice should be able to give that info or the firearms section of Garda hq in phionix park

tac foley

Call me a cynic if you will, but every time I hear that somebody wants a head count of firearms owners, I reach for my 'WHY?' T-shirt.

From my own hard-earned and costly experience, head-counts like this usually result in somebody, somewhere, getting shafted.

tac, certifed 100% gold-plated 'Cynic of the Century' award winner

Sparks

The headcount's been maintained since 1925 in Ireland tac, looking to read it won't have much effect either way. Besides, it's not like it's not been watched quite a bit...

tac foley

[shrug]. Must be my Jewish upbringing and total distrust of head-counters of any kind and for any reason.

tac

NASRPC: Nigel

Clive,

If NASRPC can do anything to help with your project - just let us know

clivej

NASRPC: Nigel wrote: »

Clive,

If NASRPC can do anything to help with your project - just let us know

Cheers for the offer Nigel and I will take you up later on as the Project proceeds. I'll be looking to take interviews with people in the "Know" so to speak.

I'm hoping to make a video/DVD from the Irish aspect on shooting and hunting.

tac foley

clivej wrote: »

Cheers for the offer Nigel and I will take you up later on as the Project proceeds. I'll be looking to take interviews with people in the "Know" so to speak.

I'm hoping to make a video/DVD from the Irish aspect on shooting and hunting.

In that case, don't forget to make contact with the gentlemen over on www.vcrai.com

tac

lordarpad

freedom of information act. Send the DoJ a letter requesting disclosure under the freedom of information act.

Sparks

lordarpad wrote: »

freedom of information act. Send the DoJ a letter requesting disclosure under the freedom of information act.

Probably won't work. The DoJ doesn't keep that information, the Gardai do and they're exempt from the FoI. You might get better luck asking via a parlimentary question, but last time it was asked, the information wasn't available:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69019444&postcount=530
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69378622&postcount=544
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=72964722&postcount=548

clivej

I have this data from Guns in Ireland 2011 that states

"Number of Registered Firearms
The number of registered guns in Ireland is reported to be 233,120"
Broken down as
Rifles = 54,000
Shotguns = 177,00
Handguns = 1,842

With the Garda reported to have between 3,000 and 14,390 firearms.
And unlawfully held firearms estimated at >150,000

But all this data is from 2006/2009 and a great many older firearms were handed up because of the new licensing regulations that came in 2009/2010. From the Garda Annual Rirearms Review for 2009-2010 it states that 45,000 old firearms from the old system were cancelled and distroyed.


Garda Annual Rirearms Review for 2009-2010 details:
Firearms Certificates Issued from 1st August 2009 to 31" December 2010
Firearm Certificates 161,994
Restricted Firearm Certificates - Handguns (Pistols and Revolvers) 397
Restricted Firearm Certificates - Rifles, shotguns, crossbows etc. 199
Limited Firearm Certificates 22,553
Training Firearm Certificates 156
Substitute Firearms Certificates 2,146
Total Firearms Certificates Issued 187,445

With a futher 19,920 applications were still to be renewed at that time.

This stated that the exsisting one year licenses that totaled 245,000


I don't think I'll get any better details than this so I'll go with this infomation.

cheers
cj

tac foley

clivej wrote: »

With the Garda reported to have between 3,000 and 14,390 firearms.

If your 'up-to-date' figures are as 'exact' as those of the supposed/reported number of firearm by AGS, then I don't hold out much hope for you.

I think you'll concur that there is a substantial difference between the two figures of firearms that THEY themselves are supposed to have.

If THEY don't know, within 11,390, how many they have, what chance is there for the numbers held by anobody else?

tac

tac foley

Sparks wrote: »

Probably won't work. The DoJ doesn't keep that information, the Gardai do and they're exempt from the FoI. You might get better luck asking via a parlimentary question, but last time it was asked, the information wasn't available:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69019444&postcount=530
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69378622&postcount=544
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=72964722&postcount=548

So much for the 'Freedom of Information Act', eh?

tac

clivej

tac foley wrote: »

If your 'up-to-date' figures are as 'exact' as those of the supposed/reported number of firearm by AGS, then I don't hold out much hope for you.

I think you'll concur that there is a substantial difference between the two figures of firearms that THEY themselves are supposed to have.

If THEY don't know, within 11,390, how many they have, what chance is there for the numbers held by anobody else?

tac

That infomation is taken from Guns in Ireland and it can't be taken as gospel but the numbers from the Justice dept. should be about right and correct.

Savage93

clivej wrote: »

I'm trying to get information together for a video project for next year at college. I'm completing a BSc Hon. in multimedia.
I need to know the total number of licenses in 2010 and in what categories they were issued in.

I.E. Shotgun, Handgun, Rifle, and restricted firearms.

Or where to look for this info.

any help please on this.

cheers
cj

Have alook here, hope this helps http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/cp/ireland