Nope,not gonna add traction to something that might not be factual

Finally got a pic of the bullet, and am not putting it up here either, however, I doubt it is a 17 HMR,it looks more like a .223 Full Metal Jacket as there is little to no deformation and the red tip is more than likely the unfortunate victim's tissue and blood.If this was a hunting round,it would surely have mushroomed or break apart on impact even with flesh. If it is the case it is a FMJ,then that's lucky for ballistics and for the victim as a hunting round would have done a lot more damage.

What the hell was the person trying to shoot if as has been said it was a small calibre.It hit the lad in the forearm so it wasn't a fox or rabbit they were after because if it was they must grow cow size down there.

In all seriousness it seems someone shooting from the shoulder and more or less aiming straight or slightly upwards to get the angle to get that shot.

Had a chat with my neighbour who comes from that part of the world about this, and after having a look at Google maps I'm wondering how the hell this idiot could have taken a shot. The pitch isn't exactly out in the middle of nowhere, but pretty much in the town itself. It only opens on one side to fields which roll down to the pitch and you have oversight from 200 to 500 meters depending on your location, with the usual Irish countryside hedges and trees surrounding it.So unless they were completely irresponsible to shoot around the pitch when there was a match on, or they were a lot further out than the distances mentioned and that bullet travelled and missed every single obstruction by some freak occurrence.

That was my assumption too given the lack of damage on impact. Some goon shooting at an upward trajectory, some distance away. May not even realise they were the culprit.

I was reading a news article of a man in his 80's getting shot and killed in Kerry but anyway he owned a number of guns including two .45's. A .45 revolver and a 1911 .45 pistol. I didn't think you could own such guns in Ireland?

Given his age, it's likely they were in face grandfathered pre-2009

He also happened to be a gun dealer, which allows you to have these in your possession. Not to mind he fought for and was granted their licensing as a private preson in a dist court in one of the first of these kinds of cases against an especially vindictive and unpleasant chief superintendent back in 2010. He was also an expert witness in many of the following court cases for gunowners,including my own, I and the shooting community will greatly miss him.

The Inquiry has been published and is being circulated around the Oireachtas, with a recommendation that members read it.

https://christchurchattack.royalcommission.nz/the-report/ jJustice 5/3/24

Who or what group is circulating this report in the Dail?

I can think of a few politicians from Waterford alone that could benefit from firearms bans and have advocated for them in the past.

Interesting story from Oz

It's been suggested that there could be logical explanation for a lot of this. Such as the system data not being up to date, ie some of the firearms there were requested had been sold previously, given to a dealer etc. Firearms that can't be identified, but simply be old and worn guns, given its a extensive collection, I'd guess there are a few antiques. Unregistered, could also just be incomplete records

The chap that has taken over hasn't got a clue what he's doing and is extremely slow at getting anything done, renewals not getting posted until after certs have expired, i know a fella who was waiting 3 months for a substitution. The two previous fao's were great.