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    #32
    Scalachi
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭Scalachi


    My understanding of the law on "parts/screws" etc is that it came from the "troubles"

    Apparently bold boys and girls may have been transporting firearms in parts, one bit at a time, and one journey at a time so if Mary was stopped with a XY Screw, there was nothing they could do, as it in itself was not a firearm, so they amended the law to cover this eventuality.

    Now I could be wrong, but I heard this many years ago.


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    #33
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users Posts: 11,759 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    Richard308 wrote: »
    Can you imagine being before a judge and saying this 5/8 screw is a firearm. Poor prosecution would probably be held in contempt
    Rows Grower wrote: »
    I have no idea how anyone could imagine it, it's preposterous in my own opinion.

    Agreed that it sounds preposterous, absolutely ridiculous, but that appears to be what the law says.. Then again, it wouldn't be the first time that firearms laws here in Ireland were ridiculous.


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    #34
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    I agree, its sounds absolutely crazy and nonsensical but that is just my understanding of the law as it stands, I would not care to go to court to try and defend myself against the state for possessing a firearm part that I had no license for, you only need the wrong judge to sit and rule and you could be in a world of trouble.
    I don't like the law as it stands but I am not the one to fight it.


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    #35
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    I agree, its sounds absolutely crazy and nonsensical but that is just my understanding of the law as it stands, I would not care to go to court to try and defend myself against the state for possessing a firearm part that I had no license for, you only need the wrong judge to sit and rule and you could be in a world of trouble.
    I don't like the law as it stands but I am not the one to fight it.

    As was said earlier the only person in any danger from a judge would be the prosecutor.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    #36
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Rows Grower wrote: »
    As was said earlier the only person in any danger from a judge would be the prosecutor.

    That is an opinion, not a statement of legal fact.
    You are entitled to your opinion but I would not risk my licenses based on information from an Internet forum.


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