Time to stand up against the silly southern Irish gun laws?

SoulandForm · 03-10-2013 05:54PM #1

Gun control in the 26 counties is totally over the top; meanwhile gun crime from criminals is on the rise- surely now is the time for ordinary citizens to start standing up against this tyranny?

Menas · 03-10-2013 05:55PM

No

03-10-2013 05:55PM

Oh great, exactly what this country needs.

DamagedTrax · 03-10-2013 05:56PM

i agree with the concept of protecting ones self and family but i suspect the reality of looser gun control with be a disaster.

Mr_Roger_Bongos · 03-10-2013 05:56PM

YUH! MORE GUNS IS THE ANSWER!

Joker.

Good luck with this.

SV · 03-10-2013 05:56PM

No.

Gatling · 03-10-2013 05:57PM

Oh god here we go again

Men in white coats clean up in aisle 4

Men in white coats clean up in aisle 4

lahalane · 03-10-2013 05:58PM

I'm not even joking, if I had access to a gun I would murderise a significant number of people. You can't grant weapon access to idiots like me.

Augmerson · 03-10-2013 05:58PM

MORE GUNS AND MORE RED MEAT FOR EVERYBODY!

DrumSteve · 03-10-2013 05:59PM

Southern Ireland.

And here's me thinking we were the Republic of Ireland.

SoulandForm · 03-10-2013 05:59PM

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

YUH! MORE GUNS IS THE ANSWER!

Joker.

Good luck with this.

Yes- there are guns in the hands of a government under the control of an elite which has shown its inability to protect many of its citizens and has acted treasonably as far Im concerned (I thinking here of the Lisbon treaty among other things). There are guns in the hands of criminal gangs- arming the citizenry would balance up score and have them less at the mercy of those two groups.

Legend20 · 03-10-2013 05:59PM

The only 'gun laws' I want enforced are guns used on my in-laws.

djflawless · 03-10-2013 06:00PM

Whats wrong with gun control as it is???

Jimoslimos · 03-10-2013 06:01PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

Southern Ireland.

And here's me thinking we were the Republic of Ireland.

We're neither.

SoulandForm · 03-10-2013 06:01PM

djflawless wrote: »

Whats wrong with gun control as it is???

Its illegal for any normal Irish citizen to buy a serious automatic or semi-automatic weapon.

03-10-2013 06:02PM

Can we come up with a new Godwin's law, but instead of the Nazis/Hitler, it's how many posts it gets until the Government gets blamed for something/everything?

Robbo · 03-10-2013 06:02PM

SoulandForm wrote: »

Gun control in the 26 counties is totally over the top; meanwhile gun crime from criminals is on the rise- surely now is the time for ordinary citizens to start standing up against this tyranny?

I refuse to recognise the legitimacy of that video in the 26 counties due to the use of imperial units of measurement. But if you're OK with such hegemony and with normalising that kind of behaviour...

castletownman · 03-10-2013 06:02PM

More guns for some

Miniature Irish flags for others

Rowley Birkin QC · 03-10-2013 06:03PM

SoulandForm wrote: »

Gun control in the 26 counties is totally over the top;

How the hell is it over the top exactly?

I legally held a rifle and shotgun in my early 20's after going through the proper processes.

Menas · 03-10-2013 06:03PM

SoulandForm wrote: »

Its illegal for any normal Irish citizen to buy a serious automatic or semi-automatic weapon.

It is not illegal for them to buy these weapons in certain jurisdictions....but in the republic of ireland it is.

Eeden · 03-10-2013 06:04PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Can we come up with a new Godwin's law, but instead of the Nazis/Hitler, it's how many posts it gets until the Government gets blamed for something/everything?

Good idea! We could call it boneyarsebogman's law!

Menas · 03-10-2013 06:05PM

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

How the hell is it over the top exactly?

I legally held a rifle and shotgun in my early 20's after going through the proper processes.

But a semi automatic would make those badger culls easier?

SoulandForm · 03-10-2013 06:07PM

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

How the hell is it over the top exactly?

I legally held a rifle and shotgun in my early 20's after going through the proper processes.

Hardly serious fire power.

Especially if you belong to the urban working class. The private ownership of handguns is seriously curtailed.

We have some of the most oppressive laws in this matter in Europe.

http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/cp/ireland

IRLConor · 03-10-2013 06:08PM

SoulandForm wrote: »

semi-automatic weapon.

There are lots of legally held semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns in this country.

I own a rifle and while I think there are many serious issues with our licensing system allowing people to get firearms for self-defence will not solve anything.

SoulandForm · 03-10-2013 06:08PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

But a semi automatic would make those badger culls easier?

Im not interested in getting rid of gun control for reasons of sport or pest control but it curtailing tyranny and giving people a fighting chance to protect their property.

Rayne Wooney · 03-10-2013 06:10PM

Can you imagine the grand opening of the Ballyfermot Guns'r'us with a few thousand of them waiting outside for their whopper AR-15 rifles.

I'd rather avoid a day like that tbh.

Gatling · 03-10-2013 06:11PM

SoulandForm wrote: »

Im not interested in getting rid of gun control for reasons of sport or pest control but it curtailing tyranny and giving people a fighting chance to protect their property.

Ehhh newsflash don't you mean the banks and the german 's property's

MilanPan!c · 03-10-2013 06:11PM

People that think guns will protect them from guns don't pay attention to statistics.

PickledLime · 03-10-2013 06:11PM

SoulandForm wrote: »

Yes- there are guns in the hands of a government under the control of an elite which has shown its inability to protect many of its citizens and has acted treasonably as far Im concerned (I thinking here of the Lisbon treaty among other things). There are guns in the hands of criminal gangs- arming the citizenry would balance up score and have them less at the mercy of those two groups.

Generally, the criminal gangs seem to mostly shoot each other, so I'm pretty happy about myself and my neighbours not owning guns.

Fr D Maugire · 03-10-2013 06:12PM

Is it not obvious??? In countries like the US where there is looser gun control, violent crime is at a much lower level and people feel more secure in their own homes due to the fact they can own a nice semi-automatic gun. Think of all those people here in Ireland who are living in fear on a daily basis.

With people owning guns, crime will whither away as everybody fears a gun pointed at them.

bumper234 · 03-10-2013 06:13PM

SoulandForm wrote: »

Im not interested in getting rid of gun control for reasons of sport or pest control but it curtailing tyranny and giving people a fighting chance to protect their property.

You want a mini America so? Easier just to deport you to there and leave us without random massacres in the schools.

Time to stand up against the silly southern Irish gun laws?

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