Control of Firearms
Dail Éireann — 2023-07-05
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James Browne (FF), Wexford

In fairness, I answered the question the Deputy actually put before the House.
It was unfortunate that one of the members of the committee resigned or withdrew his support. However, he did so after the committee concluded all of its meetings and actually submitted its report which was, in fairness, quite late in the day. In regard to this process, this was just an advisory group making recommendations many of which use phrases like, for example, "to consider" or "to look at". That is all it is. These are not laws. Much fear has been generated among the gun ownership community. What is being done here is simply at a very early stage of, as I said, an advisory committee that is now starting to have extensive consultations. That is all. When I read or hear such words as "new Government laws", or "people being criminalised", as if laws were suddenly about to be enacted, I note we are at a very early stage in a very long process whereby all of the gun communities will be considered and consulted before anything is brought in. There are no new laws about to happen here. Nobody is about to be made a criminal-----

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Sitting date: 2023-07-05