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However it had the same effect albeit under a longer time frame. How many CF pistols are there now compared to 2004-06? How many restricted 22lr from then to now?
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We danced this number before.Or look at it another way...How many dedicated people were there who didnt fold in the face of adversity,mwere dead serious about this, and fought and won and got their guns ?
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As for which ban i'm talking about this, and this. When i e-mailed the current Minister the reply i got was short, but this line in his response stood out:
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And from your post.
· Proposal to establish new Firearms Assessment and Appeals Authority
Still not done and doubtful ,if ever as to when.As it would show them up as being even more woefully ignorant of the laws than they aleready are.
· Immediate cap on licensing of any new centre-fire semi-automatic rifles
No details given as to who what,when,where ,why ,how or timeline.Ergo we are self banning,and TBH they were obviously thinking a 0 to 2000 application wave like the handguns.
Minister signs new Statutory Instrument re-defining non-restricted handguns
Done and we are living with it,shooting away,A stupid bit of legislation as a bit of duct tape and some practise would negate any disadvantage anyone might have,were they doing somthing bad.
· An Garda Síochána to establish centralised licensing system for restricted firearms
PR bull****e,as event the antiquated PULSE system can drag up that info.IOW it isnt that badly broke to need fixing.
· Garda Inspectorate to review the administration of firearms licensing
Never done either ,as Frannie had pulled thier balls out of the very hot fire of their own making,and its hardly likely Charlie will want to go near that big tub of worms of Garda mismanagement and general incompetence and corruption as the force stands now.
[I]· Re-establishment of Firearms Consultative Panel[I]
Done,but we hardly hear much about it.
·IOW we can tell them,how about keeping all these promises to streamline the whole affair before considering regulating stuff first?
Then there is the new Garda Commissioner's guidelines in which he states:
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o on that basis anyone can go and get a restricted semi auto rifle as there is currently no law to prevent it. However if and when such legislation comes in it will be backdated to the Minister's original statement, and so stand revoked
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Exactly,but when that might be,if ever is anyones guess.So do you want to risk it for a biscut and shoot a gun you'd like to shoot,or sit and engage in "whatifery"?
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I've said this from day one, and also said it's a self imposed ban (no argument on that front), but it's still effective because who will buy knowing it will be lost at some point.
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I will,but thats just me,as life is too damn short to not do things you want to do. I dunno,the M1 carbine lads in gallery seem to be growing in number??So they must be granting liscenses?
I was told the same thing on the semi auto ban, and it's gone form a statement to a declaration of intent.
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The question might seem benign, and may end up being nothing, but i don't trust TDs, and they have reasons for everything they do. As you pointed out it coincides with the finding of the pistol, which i spoke about, but its chance to score more brownie points at our expense. Call it cautious apprehension.
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FACT! I wouldnt trust that lot not to steal the pennies off their parents corpses eyes at a wake.I'd still like to know who asked the Dail question mind...TBH I think there is easier and now fruit at ground level for them to pick now with the grandiose Stalinesque 7 year plans of Leo and that knobhead Shane Ross,to get us out of our cars and onto busses while driving a laughable technological cul de sac called the electric car.
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They got the general licenses re-instated. When was the last time we got something repealed?
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At the loss of;
MARS and lever action rifles,oddly shaped knives painted green/red with "Zombie" written on them,massive media attacks on IPSC shooting and "combat style shotguns" and ".22assault rifles".Another review in July /August on the situation with the above three items and possible further restriction/banning there.Not to mind,that the Home office and CPO office had been planning for the last five years to get rid of MARS/Lever release,as they were a legal way to tell the UK SA ban to go jump.We only got 6 months with the handgun ban,they had years to enter into consultations and deal with this problem.
Their main organisation trumpeting the success of saving the 50 Cal rifles in the UK,and the UK banning bumpstocks...:rolleyes:Congrats!!! you saved about 200 people shooting an ultra niche sport in the UK and are applauding banning an item for which no legal firearm in the UK will work with.While dumping disabled shooters who could use MARS/Lever release under the bus.The UK s now the only country int the EU that discriminates against disabled people who are shooters.
The only reason this has been changed back is.This was a missile straight into Fudd UK shooter countrys homeland,and the fact this is what happens when you listen to emotive table thumpers. That riled them to actually do something and showed the UK Fudd lobby ,that their SXS and .22s are NOT immune from attack either...Whether they take that lesson aboard remains to be seen.
Us OTOH,
Still have .22 pistols,still have CF pistols,still have semi auto CF.Dont have any laws demanding our knives are any particular shape or colour making them more dangerous ,or have doctors demanding our kitchen cutlery be rounded off to prevent stabbings.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/84...ly-knife-crime.
Depends on your outlook I guess,but I would say IRL has a slight edge on the UK still in sanity on firearms and knife matters.
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I don't know what is scarier. The fact they are quiet....................... or the fact they are quiet.
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Or they know they are now toxic goods and no one will go near them ,and have quietly gone into the good night?
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You do know what court of record means? No precedent set, therefore no
Of course I'm open to correction if someone can show me that DCs are not court of records.
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Correct,but as you know in Ireland,there is the law and "THE LAW" as my junior counsel told me,and you have to know which one you deal with here in legal proceedings.