Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Firearms Theft
10:00 pm
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and type of legally held firearms which ended up in the hands of criminals every year for the past five years. [24814/07]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tabular statement which shows the number of firearms recorded as stolen in years 2002 to 2007. The category of "Other" includes Starting Pistols, Starting Revolvers, Stun Guns and similar guns.
The number of firearms recorded as stolen for years 2002 to 2007* | ||||||
2007* | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | |
Rifles | 67 | 69 | 84 | 68 | 99 | 97 |
Shotguns | 176 | 215 | 278 | 267 | 346 | 332 |
Others | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 9 |
* Statistics provided for 2007 are provisional, operational and liable to change and are up to and including 16th October 2007. |
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