Irish gun owners can now shoot intruders

Not if fathillary gets over there!

Oh goody, kill all the illegal invaders.

Who ever sat around disscusing the law when their children's lives were being endangered?

It's good to see that the basic right to defend one's life, family, and property has been restored to the Irish People. Obviously the Irish Council for Civil Liberties believes that criminals and other assorted social degenerates have the "human right" to break into your home, destroy your property, rape your wife and murder your family unhindered by any means of self defense on the part of the law abiding citizen. Sounds like our ACLU.

Idea of the year for Sean Lad!

maybe some target practice on corrupt bankers and politicians would be a good start.

Perhaps the government can regulate it though with a season and bag limit. Perhaps require a license too, in order to help ease the fiscal crisis.

Well Done Dermot Ahearn. This will level the playing field, It may make the "Messers and Dossers' stop and think before breaking into a House. It gives more substance to "A Man's Home is his Castle...."

If the government can't protect you, then you have every right to protect yourself. I would rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

Uh, hollabackgurl...speaking of ignorance...perhaps you should actuallyread that commandment you blurted out, so incorrectly. It doesn't say 'Thou shalt not kill,' as gentiles so typically mistranslate/misunderstand it. From the original Hebrew (where it COMES from, after all) -- and NOT in old-fashioned English -- it says 'You will not MURDER.' And interestingly enough, the punishment for violating this commandment was...DEATH.

Kateomprint, that's what happens in America. The criminals usually have more rights than the victims. It's good that Irish citizens are able to protect themselves.

Maybe it will promote more voilence I don't know, but i think people are entitled to protect their family but knowing our irish laws it is possible that the intruder will have more rights than the people who are being burgled

Glad to see the Irish still have their gun rights.

Krisdaly thinks the right to shoot someone was ordained by God. He needs to study his bible, becuase he's got it exactly back to front: Thou Shalt Not Kill doesn't come with an asterix. The growing ignorance of your average American these days is mind-blowing, seriously.

Further proof Irish are people of reason!