Mr. Declan Keogh:

I am delighted that this has been brought up. The terminology "assault rifle" is interspersed inaccurately throughout the review document. As Mr. Flood said, assault rifles by their very nature are prohibited within the EU under its guidelines. For the Garda to even use the terminology and to state assault rifles are licensed in this jurisdiction is emotive and it does not do the credibility of the report any good. Let us stick to the facts. There are licensed rifles in this country that self-load when the trigger is pulled. These are semi-automatic rifles. That is common not only of centre fire rifles or what the Garda refers to as assault rifles, but it is also common to .22 rimfire rifles------