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Handcuffs? Ahoy!

  • 11-12-2002 10:27am
    #1
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭


    This post ("get her some handcuffs Shay!") got me wondering...

    I'm just curious... no other reason for asking... anyway... does anyone know what the legal status of handcuffs is in Ireland?

    my own guess would be that it is illegal for anyone but the gardai to use them... can anyone clarify this...

    as I said... I'm just curious ;)


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  • #2
    Wolf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭Wolf


    Not at all.

    Im pretty sure theres some sub laws about there usage to do with arrests etc. However, unless I am very mistaken there are no restrions on who can use them. There maybe restrictions on the ACTUAL gurda hand cuffs. The only real ban is on the hand and feet manicals which are banned by international law for use as well as sale.

    (Altought most things become legal for recreational use if the parties concerned are both conseting)


  • #3
    Ruaidhri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭Ruaidhri


    well it's quite easy to buy handcuffs in the shops. they are about €3-4 in pound city,so i'd say they are perfectly legal..and FUN FUN FUN :D


  • #4
    Ruaidhri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭Ruaidhri


    Originally posted by Bard
    I'm just curious... no other reason for asking... anyway... does anyone know what the legal status of handcuffs is in Ireland?

    my own guess would be that it is illegal for anyone but the gardai to use them... can anyone clarify this...

    as I said... I'm just BI-curious ;)

    hey,i thought that ou of all ppl would know about handcuffs...or was it pink furry handcuffs the garda used to arrest you...


  • #5
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Originally posted by Ruaidhri
    hey,i thought that ou of all ppl would know about handcuffs...or was it pink furry handcuffs the garda used to arrest you...

    Of course I've no idea what you're talking about...

    oh, and please don't misquote me... that's not nice.


  • #6
    Ruaidhri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭Ruaidhri


    pffffft...it's only a light ribbing :)
    no-offense


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  • #7
    OLDYELLAR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,230 ✭✭✭OLDYELLAR


    oohh yyaaa , they gots em in pound city , furry ones an blow up dolls to practice on , ............or so i`ve heard


  • #8
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Originally posted by Ruaidhri
    pffffft...it's only a light ribbing :)
    no-offense

    none taken :)


  • #9
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    I know that they are a lot cheaper if they have a "trick" catch so you can get yourself out of them more easily. Whether this is due to any legalities or not I don't know.

    Because of the difference in cost if you see an activist handcuffed to a railing or something most of the time they have such a trick catch.


  • #10
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    A "trick catch" sounds like a device a prozzie would use to snare a John. No?


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