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Slingshot legality

  • 01-10-2005 07:07PM
    #1
    Private Snafu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,818 ✭✭✭


    Ok...a m thinking of buying a slingshot of ebay. Its a Barnett Pro Diablo slingshot and was wondering of the legality of them in ireland :confused: . I just dont wanna pay for the thing and have it taken off me later...

    Thanks all :cool:


Comments

  • #2
    Clare gunner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭Clare gunner


    100% legal sofar!!! :D No lic requried :D
    Go get it!


  • #3
    Aid the Blade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭Aid the Blade


    a fella i know had 1 taken off him(from the boot of his car)by the guards sayin that it was a firearm


  • #4
    Private Snafu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,818 ✭✭✭Private Snafu


    ok then... I'll probably go for it. Thanks for your help.


  • #5
    woody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭woody


    They are legal a glorified Elastic band had one when I was young and actually became handy with it hunting rabbits and piegons back in the stone age :D


  • #6
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,569 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Aid the Blade wrote:
    a fella i know had 1 taken off him(from the boot of his car)by the guards sayin that it was a firearm
    They kinda fall into the same category as Stanley knives, baseball bats, and slide hammers.
    It's all about context. Any and all of the above items will get you arrested under the right(?) circumstances. Having a slingshot in your back pocket while attending a G8 protest would undoubtedly lead to a bit of 'helping the police with their enquiries,' for example.

    .


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