(a) hunt any wild bird or wild mammal by means of a trap, snare, net, line, hook, arrow, dart, spear or similar device, instrument or missile, or birdlime or any substance of a like nature, or any poisonous, poisoned or stupefying bait, or prohibited.ģ4.-(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act apart from this section but subject to section 42, a person shall not. (Also, I'm pretty sure hunting with them would be illegal).Ĭertain use of traps, snares etc. So if you're whacking tin cans off the wall in your back yard out in the middle of mayo, you're probably grand, but walk down grafton street carrying one and the Gardai are legally empowered to confiscate it and even arrest you - though that extreme seems to be reserved for when people are really acting the maggot, to use the legal phrase (did I mention I'm not a lawyer?). Which is to say that while they're perfectly legal, things like the 1990 firearms and offensive weapons acts and other such acts still apply to them. Slingshots though, don't seem to be specifically controlled by legislation. So a sub-one-joule crossbow would still be a firearm, for example. All you'd have to do is say it could be lethal and it would qualify under part (a) of the definitions (proving that it would not be lethal is left as an exercise for the reader).Īlso, the one joule limit only applies to airguns or other firearms with a barrel. I mean kinetic energy when the ball is launched.įor example, yes, you have no barrel there, but legally that could still get called a firearm anyway - I've never seen a crossbow with a barrel for example, but they're still firearms under the law. Any idea on the legality of that? What makes my slingshot illegal (assuming it is)? The slingshot itself or its ammunition? 38 calibre bearing as well (graphic photograph attached). So, here's the question: Is it legal? Do I need to get rid of it? I also managed to shoot and mortally injure a crow with a. Interestingly, if I were to load my slingshot with a lighter load, the Kinetic Energy output is much lower. A back-of-a-napkin test and calculation told me that my slingshot fires that ball bearing at roughly 1.183J. Now, first of all, I know (or I'm 95% sure) that under Irish law, anything which fires a projectile with 1 Joule or more of Kinetic Energy at least from the muzzle is classed as a Firearm under the Criminal Justice Act 2006. 38 calibre steel ball bearings which weigh roughly 3.5 grams apiece. I bought a sling shot in a shop in Athlone recently, namely Barnett's Black Widow. I've seen one or two much older threads but didn't want to bump an older thread so I'm starting this.
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