Firearms and Offensive Weapons Offences

Kiely McCarthy LLP regularly represents persons charged with offences in relation to firearms or offensive weapons. An offensive weapon can be any object produced during a dispute. Simply having possession of any sharply pointed object in a public place may lead to a prosecution. There are statutory defences to these types of offences and thus early legal advice is essential.

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Offences of this nature range from being in possession of any sharply pointed object in public to the unlawful discharge of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Statutory inferences are contained in legislation which impact on a person’s right not to self-incriminate themselves by exercising their right to silence when being interviewed by Gardai.

 

Legal advice is essential in these circumstances.