Highest legal gun ownership in border counties

Cavan and Monaghan have the highest rate of ownership of legally-held weapons in the State.

Highest legal gun ownership in border counties
Mon, 29 Jun, 2015 - 01:00
Sean McCarthaigh

Figures obtained from the Department of Justice reveal that the two counties, which share the same Garda division, have the highest rate of ownership of legally held weapons in the Republic.

More than one in 12 residents in the two counties have been issued with a firearms certificate in the past three years.

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