Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The final point I wished to make today concerns the question of assault rifles, what appears to be an assault rifle and whether it is such a weapon. Some of these weapons look very militaristic in style and if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it must be a duck. An assault rifle with 30 or 40 bullets attached to it is not something people will use for target practice to see how accurate they are at shooting a weapon. Why would people need an automatic assault rifle for target practice? There is a need for this legislation to be tightened up.