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15/01/2013
Policing Committee Member Says He Would Shoot Burglars
The chairman of a joint policing committee has said he would have no hesitation in shooting an intruder if he found one in his home.
Galway city councillor Padraig Conneely said he believed the current spate of robberies would result in a death because people were being terrorised in their own homes, and warned that in similar circumstances he would pull the trigger.
"I believe one body laid out on a slab after a robbery would put an end to robberies in the area pretty lively," he added.
The Fine Gael councillor and former mayor of Galway does not own a firearm but insisted if he did, he would have no issue about using it in such circumstances.
"If you were to come home and find people in your house ransacking it, you have to think what state of mind would that leave you in?
"I think I'd have pulled the trigger and blew the legs off them if I had found them," he said.
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Galway city councillor Padraig Conneely said he believed the current spate of robberies would result in a death because people were being terrorised in their own homes, and warned that in similar circumstances he would pull the trigger.
"I believe one body laid out on a slab after a robbery would put an end to robberies in the area pretty lively," he added.
The Fine Gael councillor and former mayor of Galway does not own a firearm but insisted if he did, he would have no issue about using it in such circumstances.
"If you were to come home and find people in your house ransacking it, you have to think what state of mind would that leave you in?
"I think I'd have pulled the trigger and blew the legs off them if I had found them," he said.
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