Garda preparedness for mass shootings - Glenties incident (2020)

They should have had the weaponry to take him out at distance.

Hand guns were no use in this situation and it could have been a mass casualty event.

Whatever about mass shootings, which are inherently difficult to stop, even by armed police forces, I'd be much more worried about knife attackers here.

The Metropolitan Police did an incredible jobs in stopping the London Bridge and Borough Market attacks in under 10 minutes, I don't think we have that kind or readiness in Dublin.

Every Garda station should have long guns ( AR rifles)and Garda trained to use them on a regular basis,this shows another area where we are lacking ability ,it would have taken an hour for an armed response to get to the scene,that's not good enough, Hope some wannabe jihadist doesn't get inspired to have a go being they could cause serious casualties before ever facing a response

But detectives only have a 9mm pistol,if you're going to against a headbanger with a high power rifle or semi automatic rifle or shotgun ,they would be at a massive disadvantage and their basic vests wouldn't stop a high power round ,

They should have access to semi automatic or select fire rifles fitted with optics ,

As far as I know the ARU don't do normal Garda duties ,I know they patrol certain areas ,open to correction on that

H&k mp7s still only a pistol caliber good for anything fairly close range ,but as another poster said earlier hunting rifles can hit and kill targets up to 800 meters + depending on the caliber , while the Mp7 is a modern and effective weapon your not hitting anything at rifle ranges especially with a small red dot optic fitted

They should have access to them for emergency situations,they should look at the way the SAS response to terror attack s in the UK they arrive by car , motorcycle and helicopter.

And yes I know it's not the same thing and we have the army ranger Wing that would deal with terror attacks ,but if the eru had access to a helicopter they could deploy to rural areas more rapidly ,

The idea that a person or persons with firearm could run amok for an hour before help arrived is a little scary in this day and age

That's not how they operate they don't just rock to an active situation with little equipment and 3 /4 lads .

But I believe they can use one of the army helicopters if required ...makes sense with the amount of Kit they would deploying with

regional , one maybe two cars covering 4 or 5 counties and enormous areas and wait times ,

What is it with Carlow People this week?

Firstly who signed the lisence for him to get this sort of weapon?

Secondly, Will his gun club be punished? I presume you have to be a member of a gun club if you dont have enough land to shoot it on?