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Firearms Certificate Waiting Times Survey

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    #32
    JP22
    Registered Users Posts: 554 ✭✭✭JP22


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121307021#Comment_121307021

    Which I agree with Grizz, but it might spur someone into action.



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    #33
    clivej
    Registered Users Posts: 7,029 ✭✭✭clivej


    Sub in thru the letter box this morning, 3 working days here in Kilkenny



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    #34
    Wadi14
    Registered Users Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Wadi14


    A guy I know is into his 3rd application for a 22 rifle his first 2 have been lost,

    its one year since his first application



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    #35
    Grizzly 45
    Registered Users Posts: 14,950 ✭✭✭✭Grizzly 45


    Tell said guy,he'd want to be onto the data protection commissioner pronto.Serious enough that his local AGS has lost a heap of his extremely confidential data once and done nothing to recover and remedy this.Unforgiveable that they have done it twice!He might be surprised if he informs his local FAO that the Data protection office will have to be informed about these most serious data breaches by a govt body,how quick his previous applications might be found and processed.

    "If you want to keep someone away from your house, Just fire the shotgun through the door."

    Vice President [and former lawyer] Joe Biden Field& Stream Magazine interview Feb 2013 "



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    #36
    Wadi14
    Registered Users Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Wadi14


    Ohh I have already told him what to do after the first one went missing, he,s waiting a year because he never bothered



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    #37
    tonysopprano
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭tonysopprano


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121393920#Comment_121393920

    And there lies the problem.

    The PTB try this sh1t, and when we let them, they push it further..

    Frog in hot water scenario.

    If you can do the job, do it. If you can't do the job, just teach it. If you really suck at it, just become a union executive or politician.



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    #38
    alex90
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭alex90


    Once I got hold of the sergeant in hq due to my local stations sergeant retiring, I had my grant letter in about 7 weeks. Cork city.



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    #39
    Steoller
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭Steoller


    Grant letter within a week of submission, very on the ball. North Kildare.



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    #40
    chris20
    Registered Users Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭chris20


    4 days for my 6.5cr kildare



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    #41
    clivej
    Registered Users Posts: 7,029 ✭✭✭clivej


    4 days here in Kilkenny for another sub.



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    #42
    Wadi14
    Registered Users Posts: 877 ✭✭✭Wadi14


    License out of date still waiting



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    #43
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    To continue on the trend.

    Application lodged : 28th January 2024

    Firearm Type : Pistol 22LR

    Location : North Dublin (K District)

    To be Continued…….



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    #44
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121686434#Comment_121686434

    Update 6th February 2024.

    Confirmation letter received and it’s actually dated the 1st February so the bank holiday delayed it arriving by a few days.



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    #45
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121686434#Comment_121686434

    Just got call from FO.

    Application Granted and License No. given.



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    #46
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121686434#Comment_121686434

    Grant Letter arrived today.

    No Conditions attached.



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    #47
    tehbaggins
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭tehbaggins


    22LR pistol application delivered to my local Garda station on Monday 12 Feb, grant letter arrived today. South Kildare.


    Did not expect it this soon, so colour me happy and surprised.



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    #48
    otmmyboy2
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 1,426 Mod ✭✭✭✭otmmyboy2


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121799936#Comment_121799936

    Kildare according to all the responses so far is quite excellent.

    Kilkenny and Offaly are also quite good.

    Laois seems to be a black hole of lost applications and extreme long waiting times compared to the complete opposite of it's neighbours.

    Never forget, the end goal is zero firearms of any type.

    S.I. No. 187/1972 - Firearms (Temporary Custody) Order - Firearms seized

    S.I. No. 21/2008 - Firearms (Restricted Firearms and Ammunition) Order 2008 - Firearm types restricted

    Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 - Firearms banned & grandfathered

    S.I. No. 420/2019 - Magazine ban, ammo storage & transport restricted

    Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 - 2023 Firearm Ban (retroactive to 8 years prior)



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    #49
    tonysopprano
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭tonysopprano


    Would be very interesting to cross-reference between garda district and division and court cases or even better to cross-reference between supers and chief-supers and what happened when they were stationed in a particular district or division

    Hey, they can pull stats out of their arse, if it suits them

    If you can do the job, do it. If you can't do the job, just teach it. If you really suck at it, just become a union executive or politician.



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    #50
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121799936#Comment_121799936

    That's very quick, even by my standards!



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    #51
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Kinda related.

    Import Licence applied for by email Monday 26th Feb.

    Received in post Thursday 29th Feb.



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    #52
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Keeping this thread alive 😀

    Substitute Application lodged Tuesday 5th March.

    Ruger 10/22 to Tikka T1X.

    Side question. Sub, do I get the remaining time on the licence I’m subbing or do I pay €80 for a new licence?



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    #53
    otmmyboy2
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 1,426 Mod ✭✭✭✭otmmyboy2


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121866233#Comment_121866233

    For a sub you get the remaining time on your licence.

    Never forget, the end goal is zero firearms of any type.

    S.I. No. 187/1972 - Firearms (Temporary Custody) Order - Firearms seized

    S.I. No. 21/2008 - Firearms (Restricted Firearms and Ammunition) Order 2008 - Firearm types restricted

    Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 - Firearms banned & grandfathered

    S.I. No. 420/2019 - Magazine ban, ammo storage & transport restricted

    Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 - 2023 Firearm Ban (retroactive to 8 years prior)



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    #54
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121866237#Comment_121866237

    Thank you.



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    #55
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Daughter shooting clays last 2 years, she's now almost 18.

    Shooting with a nice Miroku I bought for her, which for the sake of speediness I chopped in a Mossberg 500 I had licenced, for a quick turnaround. Was still nearly 3 months.

    So now a year later she's applying for her own licence for this gun.

    Has completed the competency course run by the NARGC.

    She is effectively buying the gun from me.

    Handed in application in mid December.

    Guard took all details and paperwork, and asked if we had a gun safe.

    "I'd better go out to inspect it"

    No problem, arranged for the next morning (Sunday) at 8am.

    Never showed up.

    At the end of Jan, finally found the station open when passing so called in.

    Different Guard knew nothing about it.

    Took details again, Inc. EirCode, and promised someone would inspect safe that week.

    Never showed up.

    Girl called into main station in the county town last week, asked if the Firearms Officer was there.

    They were, but with someone.

    Took her name and number, promised to ring ASAP.

    Still no call nor visit. Almost 3 months now.....



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    #56
    tonysopprano
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭tonysopprano


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121872046#Comment_121872046

    As per the legislation, if no answer received within 3 months then the application is denied. Next stop should be solicitor (or take case yourself, €20 to file and €9.50 for registered post) on day 91, or (deleted)

    If you can do the job, do it. If you can't do the job, just teach it. If you really suck at it, just become a union executive or politician.



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    #57
    Munsterlad102
    Registered Users Posts: 549 ✭✭✭Munsterlad102


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121872046#Comment_121872046

    What county are you in?



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    #58
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,446 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121866233#Comment_121866233

    Confirmation letter received today with application reference.



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    #59
    Scalachi
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭Scalachi


    I applied for a new license on the 7th of March.

    Grant letter arrived on Tuesday the 19th.

    12 days in total - including a Bank Holiday - and the Firearms Officer said it might be delayed as she was also away for a few days :)

    Wicklow District - credit where its due :)



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    #60
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Update.

    Daughter has been ringing the desk number of the Firearms Officer every 2nd day, but no answer.

    Today the FO rang her back!

    The upshot is that the local Station where the form was handed in has never forwarded it to the FO.

    She ( the FO) has emailed all three Garda in the local Station requesting they send her the form.

    Three months waiting, and find we are no further on than the first day.....

    Perhaps now they will come out and inspect my gun safe like they promised in December, and again in January .....



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    #61
    kinch10
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭kinch10


    Well done. I applied on the 19 Feb, wicklow District but as of yet I've heard nothing.



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