Press cutting – 'The PIRA gun club', The Daily Telegraph, 1 July 1997 | Quill

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This collection was catalogued and the metadata was recorded by Antoine Yenk. The cover photograph is copyright Daphne Trimble, used with permission.

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The document is a critical commentary in The Daily Telegraph on the contrasting approaches of the British government towards legally held handguns and PIRA weapons. It highlights the stringent measures imposed on Scottish gun owners, who are required to surrender their handguns or face severe penalties, juxtaposed with the perceived leniency and sensitivity shown towards the PIRA in the decommissioning process. The author suggests that the British and Irish governments exhibit a double standard, treating law-abiding citizens harshly while accommodating those involved in paramilitary activities. The commentary concludes with a satirical suggestion that Scottish gun owners might receive more sympathetic treatment if they adopted the tactics and grievances of the PIRA. [Annotated in pen]

decommissioning paramilitary activity (republican) policing and justice

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07

1997

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