Mail Article

SLK2005

I was told by a workmate that there was an article about Irish gun laws in the Mail yeaterday. Did'nt see it myself. Anyone see it or have a link to it.

tac foley

Which 'Mail' are you thinking of?

I know about ten without stretching my remaining braincell.

tac

SLK2005

Did'nt say, just said the mail, but I presume daily or irish

bazza888

the irish daily mail was saying the gun laws are a joke as the busdriver who killed the gaa player with the shotgun had 3 guns even though he had previous history of assaults and arrests and a was cautioned for discharging a firearm in a public place

homerhop

Then it is not the laws that are at fault there, it is those that enforce them.

tac foley

homerhop wrote: »

Then it is not the laws that are at fault there, it is those that enforce them.

Exactly so.

Ireland and the UK have, between them, some of the most rigorous and restrictive firearms laws on the planet, and still this kind of thing happens.

The last mass shooting here in England was carried out with legally-owned firearms, in spite of the shooter having had problems with the law.

These days in UK there is no way on earth that the bus-driver would have been permitted to have any kind of a firearm after his offences.

tac

rowa

bazza888 wrote: »

the irish daily mail was saying the gun laws are a joke as the busdriver who killed the gaa player with the shotgun had 3 guns even though he had previous history of assaults and arrests and a was cautioned for discharging a firearm in a public place

Its a wonder the mail didn't try to blame legal/illegal immigrants or communists for this incident, but the question does have to be asked what was someone previously convicted of assault doing with a licence. Another paper reported the gun used was a club gun and were asking how he was in possession of it. Its things like this that lead to ministers enacting kneejerk legislation.

Sparks

Nothing to do with sport shooting or the shooting sports. Moved to Politics.

later12

I'd generally consider myself fairly liberal on gun laws and in allowing young people out shooting, but I think it was a mistake to extend the right to own a firearm to 16 year olds in this country.

Most sixteen year olds who shoot have parents or family involved in the sport, and their older guardians would be far better equipped to be the ones in charge of the guns in the house.

Anybody who thinks Ireland is a place with strict gun laws is fooling themselves, as far as my experience goes.

sorry not politics/politics standard