Post by Panama pfRedd on Jun 18, 2021 11:37:15 GMT -5
and you can read stuff like this - found today on an Irish shooting forum. I know that you rightly pan the UK for its wacky gun laws, but remember that the UK is not alone in having a strange take on guns of any kind...
Back story is, a non-shooter found an old beat-up Webley Junior in his dad's garage after he passed away...
He asks the Irish-based shooting forum -
Quote - Q. I found a Webley junior air pistol while clearing my deceased Dad's garage. I'd say it's from the 1950's. Do I need to call the Guards to collect it? [Guards = An Garda Sióchána - Irish police]
A. If you do that you will never see it again. Maybe that doesn’t bother you. First thing you must decide is whether you want to keep it or not. Maybe it has sentimental value?
Alternatively you could drop it into a registered firearms dealer and apply for a license on it. You will only get a license if you meet a number of requirements and jump thorough several hoops. It may not be worth it.
A. That is up to you, but you have options. Ringing the Gardaí and telling them you have a gun, well put it this way, can you livestream it so we can all watch? biggrin.png
The gun is, and only by the thinnest margins, an actual gun under the law. A single shot, low powered, air pistol that were it a little less powerful would be considered a toy.
You can have An Gardaí collect it, you can drop it into the station (make sure to take it slowly, explain yourself very well before producing it so as not to get rugby tackled by the dude behind the counter, and leave it in whatever carrier you're using and let the Garda unwrap it), or alternatively you can, as said above, drop it into an RFD (Registered Firearm Dealer).
The RFD route is the best option. It gives you more options such as :
Getting the gun out of your possession.
Having it stored safely and legally until you license it.
Having it stored until it sells (an RFD can sell it for you without you needing to license it)
If you decide you want to keep it you need to apply for a gun license. This is an easy, but can be somewhat long, process however there are other factors. Such as a gun safe. You need one for a pistol. Now it can be a small safe but with the safe, the license fee (€80) and then you have to show "Good reason" why you want the pistol (which is target shooting so you have to join a range which may cost hundreds per year) its a lot of money if you have zero interest in shooting.
If you already hunt/shoot then you know the process and the costs involved may be less as you'll have had to meet most of the criteria already. If not it'll be expensive.
So the first question is do you want to take up shooting, if you don't already do it?
Are you prepared for the costs (guesstimate of about €450 - €750) to be legally compliant).
If you answer no to both then store it in an RFD's, sell it, and save yourself the hassle.
End quote.
Remember that in the Republic of Ireland, a nation, just like yours, that was born out of the barrel of a gun and will to use it, EVERY airgun over 1 Joule is considered to be a firearm, just like a .300Win Mag rifle. To have one, you have to have what they call a license [actually, to be correct, a certificate. AND you have to be a member of a gun club to have a license. You can't even shoot one on your own land, as that is illegal in the Republic of Ireland. Target shooting can only take place on a target-shooting range.
Meanwhile, exactly 100 years ago in 1921, Irish civilians successfully utilized actual firearms (not just air guns) to end British rule of the island and establish themselves as a self-governing free state...
Back story is, a non-shooter found an old beat-up Webley Junior in his dad's garage after he passed away...
He asks the Irish-based shooting forum -
Quote - Q. I found a Webley junior air pistol while clearing my deceased Dad's garage. I'd say it's from the 1950's. Do I need to call the Guards to collect it? [Guards = An Garda Sióchána - Irish police]
A. If you do that you will never see it again. Maybe that doesn’t bother you. First thing you must decide is whether you want to keep it or not. Maybe it has sentimental value?
Alternatively you could drop it into a registered firearms dealer and apply for a license on it. You will only get a license if you meet a number of requirements and jump thorough several hoops. It may not be worth it.
A. That is up to you, but you have options. Ringing the Gardaí and telling them you have a gun, well put it this way, can you livestream it so we can all watch? biggrin.png
The gun is, and only by the thinnest margins, an actual gun under the law. A single shot, low powered, air pistol that were it a little less powerful would be considered a toy.
You can have An Gardaí collect it, you can drop it into the station (make sure to take it slowly, explain yourself very well before producing it so as not to get rugby tackled by the dude behind the counter, and leave it in whatever carrier you're using and let the Garda unwrap it), or alternatively you can, as said above, drop it into an RFD (Registered Firearm Dealer).
The RFD route is the best option. It gives you more options such as :
Getting the gun out of your possession.
Having it stored safely and legally until you license it.
Having it stored until it sells (an RFD can sell it for you without you needing to license it)
If you decide you want to keep it you need to apply for a gun license. This is an easy, but can be somewhat long, process however there are other factors. Such as a gun safe. You need one for a pistol. Now it can be a small safe but with the safe, the license fee (€80) and then you have to show "Good reason" why you want the pistol (which is target shooting so you have to join a range which may cost hundreds per year) its a lot of money if you have zero interest in shooting.
If you already hunt/shoot then you know the process and the costs involved may be less as you'll have had to meet most of the criteria already. If not it'll be expensive.
So the first question is do you want to take up shooting, if you don't already do it?
Are you prepared for the costs (guesstimate of about €450 - €750) to be legally compliant).
If you answer no to both then store it in an RFD's, sell it, and save yourself the hassle.
End quote.
Remember that in the Republic of Ireland, a nation, just like yours, that was born out of the barrel of a gun and will to use it, EVERY airgun over 1 Joule is considered to be a firearm, just like a .300Win Mag rifle. To have one, you have to have what they call a license [actually, to be correct, a certificate. AND you have to be a member of a gun club to have a license. You can't even shoot one on your own land, as that is illegal in the Republic of Ireland. Target shooting can only take place on a target-shooting range.
Meanwhile, exactly 100 years ago in 1921, Irish civilians successfully utilized actual firearms (not just air guns) to end British rule of the island and establish themselves as a self-governing free state...
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