PQ 578
578. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering proposals to ban a number of classes of firearms including handguns and pump action and semi-automatic shotguns; his views on whether such a proposal will lead to a large number of licensed firearms being banned and destroyed or sold by their owners; if he will agree that the market for selling such banned firearms will be restricted in view of the ban; his plans to introduce a scheme of compensation for such licensed owners; his views on whether any new proposal to ban certain firearms will have a detrimental effect on rifle range owners and businesses and on members of the National Association of Regional Game Councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8138/14]
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578. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering proposals to ban a number of classes of firearms including handguns and pump action and semi-automatic shotguns; his views on whether such a proposal will lead to a large number of licensed firearms being banned and destroyed or sold by their owners; if he will agree that the market for selling such banned firearms will be restricted in view of the ban; his plans to introduce a scheme of compensation for such licensed owners; his views on whether any new proposal to ban certain firearms will have a detrimental effect on rifle range owners and businesses and on members of the National Association of Regional Game Councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8138/14]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2014-02-18/578/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2014-02-18/pq_578