So this is where we're at now. Fucking hell. https://www.thejournal.ie/man-shot-dublin-garda-firearm-5313000-Dec2020/?utm_source=shortlink
The guy who tried to break into Leinster House with a SWORD got community service! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/youth-who-ran-into-d%25C3%25A1il-with-sword-gets-community-service-1.1972874%3fmode=amp
How many people were shot by Gardaí during the Hitcyh/Kinehan feud? When these scumbags were running around armed to the teeth? None! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/kinahan-hutch-conflict-feud-claims-16-lives-1.3363178%3fmode=amp
"Brave Gardaí disarm knife wielding maniac." This prick didn't get shot dead. https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/footage-shows-moment-brave-gardai-18849174.amp?__twitter_impression=true
TWO staff members hurt during that encounter and still nobody got shot to death.
Another chap who pulled a knife and didn't get shot. https://www.donegaldaily.com/2020/05/02/man-pulled-knife-spat-at-gardai-and-told-them-he-had-covid/
A garda was stabbed in limerick last year. The assailant was arrested. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.ie/news/3822830/garda-stabbed-limerick-man-arrested/amp/
Garda at this scene did pull their gun, but did not kill the man threatening them who received a €25 fine. https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/news/587594/topless-man-who-swung-carving-knife-at-gardai-ordered-to-pay-25-fine.html
This guy got 9 moths for threatening a hard with a knife. Not shot to death. https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/546961/nine-month-sentence-for-man-who-threatened-offaly-garda-with-knife.html