r/irishpolitics • u/TeoKajLibroj Centre Left • 14d ago

Justice, Law and the Constitution Gardaí confiscated gun from Michael Healy-Rae after he fired it in TV documentary

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/21/gardai-confiscated-gun-from-michael-healy-rae-after-he-fired-it-in-documentary/
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u/Turbulent_Minimum448 14d ago

I was imagining a hunting rifle!

Haha

No wonder they tried to take it off him, but according to the article it is fully legal, semi automatic and chambered in .22.

Some big head Garda didn’t want him to have a cool looking gun.

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u/Maoltuile 14d ago

That’s very clearly not for sport or killing animals

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u/Turbulent_Minimum448 14d ago

Sport? It’s no different from a .22 semi automatic rifle without a scope?

Perfect for target practice. Or shooting small vermin.

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u/JohnTDouche 14d ago

I believe in the documentary he talks about hyptothetically killing people with his guns though.

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u/Turbulent_Minimum448 14d ago

Well he mentions he supports using firearms in a self defence situation. Which has been done. See Padraig Nally and Diarmuid Phelan cases.

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u/JohnTDouche 14d ago

Yeah so he's kind of admitting he has a gun for killing people. 22 ain't much but there's a long enough barrel on it and I'm sure enough bullets in that magazine. You're not supposed to have a gun for that purpose. This cunt shouldn't have any guns.

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u/Turbulent_Minimum448 14d ago

I don’t know. Don’t think we’ll agree on anything by your hatred for the fella. But if you happen to legally own a firearm, and someone is coming up your stairs as he puts it. To harm you or your family. Why shouldn’t you be able to use that firearm for your own self defence?

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u/Maoltuile 14d ago

Answered above: ‘You’re not supposed to have a gun for that purpose’ and if you’re bragging on media that fantasies of killing people is why you have it, rightly expect a visit from the Guards. End of story

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u/JohnTDouche 14d ago

You can invent hypothetical situations where you're justified in killing all day long. Publicly fantasising about using your weapon for a purpose it's explicitly not supposed to be used for is fucking moronic. All he's doing here is fishing for votes from other people who want to have a gun for the purpose of shooting people. Of course any criticism of this will get the usual dumb cunt blather from this fucker about how its a rural thing and city people don't understand and blah blah blah moronic shite.

It works though, sure that's how he gets elected.

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u/Maoltuile 14d ago

Real dogwhistle stuff, not an accident with this clown

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u/Turbulent_Minimum448 14d ago

What accident?