This book provides an in-depth analysis and guide to the laws relating to firearms and offensive weapons in Ireland. Being the first book dealing with this specific area of Irish law, it considers: licensing requirements * criminal offenses * the lawful distribution, sale, and manufacture of such weapons * statutory defenses * the Garda powers of search and seizure. Citizens and legal practitioners dealing with the law regulating firearms and ammunition in Ireland needs to have knowledge of the nine Acts of the Oireachtas, together with a myriad number of Statutory Instruments. A consolidation of the principle Irish legislation is included in the appendices.