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.

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.