Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Firearms Licences: (Resumed) Discussion
10:00 am
Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source
I want to commend him because he is on the front line, and we know who we are talking about. If he has concerns about persons in certain cities and certain towns and about gangs finding out who owns the legally held weapons, these are genuine concerns. My question is, do they appreciate the broader concern of society that weapons are dangerous? They use them for sports and they are very responsible, and we accept that point. When they come in here and use terms such as "scaremongering", "insulted", "offensive" and "anger", I hope they understand the broader debate and what is going on here.
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