Good for you Sicasango!!

 

well done!!

 

Outstanding sir.

 

Thanks guys! It would be nice if I could just buy a firearm and start shooting at a range straight away like in the US, but hey the club's .22s are more gun than I can handle accurately right now anyway! It's probably a good idea to go slow and not pick up any bad habits.

 

so you can use one at a club, but not to defend your family? You'd think the lawmakers were also moonlighting as criminals.

Oh yeah- That's their day job..

 

Yes, in Ireland the people aren't allowed to carry any type of weapon, and aren't allowed to own firearms for self-defense. However, crime rates are very low, and the criminals don't have firearms either (apart from the drug gangs who now and then just use them on each other, not their customers).

So it's not all bad. Once I have done the courses and become a member I can apply for a handgun license for sporting purposes - which is at least more reasonable than in England where they are banned completely.

 

the hell with that kill em all let god do the hard work

 

I've been going to the range every week for the last month or so, been really enjoying it so far. Today I applied for a pistol licence, hopefully that will go through OK (the police are very strict here about such things!).

I was at a 25m bench-rest competition a couple of weeks ago and did pretty well - I got 264/300 which put me about half-way up the score table - not bad for a beginner I think!