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United Kingdom,Northern Ireland
New Gun Laws in Northern Ireland
18 January 2005
Belfast Telegraph (UK)
New legislation governing the legal use of guns in Northern Ireland will allow paintballing clubs to operate for the first time without the need for a firearms licence, it can be revealed today.
The move will bring Northern Ireland's gun laws into line with regulations introduced in the rest of the UK after the Dunblane School massacre in 1996.
The new Firearms Order 2004, which will govern the use of all legally held guns, will become law at the beginning of next... (GunPolicy.org)