Licences Firearm to Convicted Criminal

madmac187 · 13-08-2023 10:00pm #1

Chaps I’m just wondering, I see a lot of people complaining about licensing taking forever on here, all the hassle and red tape people are being put through. Today I was talking to someone randomly. Topic of licensing comes up and he tells me of someone with a conviction for threatening to kill and still has firearms licences. Is that possible? I would have thought all be removed after something like that or no chance of licence being issued after. Would that be possible?

tonysopprano · 13-08-2023 10:30pm

https://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/1925/act/17/section/8/revised/en/html

This highlights how stupid the Irish Laws are. You can be convicted of an offence using a firearm (as long as you do not receive a sentence) or threatening to kill someone or even using a firearm in an offence (as long as it was more than 5 years ago) AND STILL BE GRANTED A LICENCE, but woe bethide if you have an arrest for being drunk in public as a student---intemperate habits

madmac187 · 13-08-2023 10:34pm

The one in question was a threatening to kill. And sentenced 6 months plus. I dunno, decent people take things too easily in Ireland.

madmac187 · 13-08-2023 10:36pm

And has another sentence for violence as well.

tonysopprano · 13-08-2023 11:58pm

Think I saw in a previous thread that if you are caught with AK47 20rd magazine that the maximum sentence is longer than if you were caught with the actual AK47. Such is the sense of our laws and law makers

judestynes · 14-08-2023 9:51am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058309174/licences-firearm-to-convicted-criminal

I was chatting to this one guy a few weeks ago, apparently space aliens built the pyramids. Moral of the story is don't believe everything you hear.

Munsterlad102 · 14-08-2023 12:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120974698#Comment_120974698

Is the punishment for possession of a cf rifle magazine over 10 rounds not just your license revoked? As opposed to 7 years for illegal possession of a firearm.

Mellor · 14-08-2023 11:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120974698#Comment_120974698

I’d be interested in seeing the law that said that and not just a random claim in a thread. People aren’t always serious or knowageable in these claims

TheEngineer1 · 15-08-2023 6:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120979318#Comment_120979318

A magazine is literally just a box and spring. I don't see how that could fly in court unless it was a high capacity mag for a licensed firearm. If that were the case, museums and people would still need licenses for deactivated firearms and prop guns instead of the lesser authorisation as they often have mags with 10+ round mags?

tonysopprano · 16-08-2023 4:48am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120982613#Comment_120982613

Too late now, but check the SI, if I remember correctly, even a museum has only a 5 year time limit on historical items

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