Civil rights groups join mounting calls against changes in the Firearms Act The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service last week called for public comment on a draft of the Firearms Control Amendment Bill. A spent shell leaves a pistol fired by a woman as she takes part in training organised by the women empowerment group Girls on Fire, in Midrand, on 7 February 2021. Picture: MARCO LONGARI/AFP
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CAPE TOWN - Civil rights groups have joined a growing number of voices criticising proposed amendments to the country’s firearm legislation.
The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service last week called for public comment on a draft of the Firearms Control Amendment Bill.
Anger over gun ownership law amendment proposal
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Cape Town - Gun owners are fuming over the newly revived legislative proposal published on Friday by the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSP), which could see changes to the law that would remove self-defence as a valid reason to own a firearm.
Gun owners said the proposal must be struck off in the new draft Firearms Control Amendment Bill, because it would leave people vulnerable against crime and create a paradise for criminals.
Damian Enslin, the chairperson of the SA Gunowners Association (Saga) and an attorney who specialises in firearm-related issues, said there seemed to be a complete lack of understanding on the part of the government about the risk of rape, murder and violent crime that ordinary South Africans had to deal with daily, with the police being unable to control the tide of violent crime.
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Gun law expert Martin Hood says the newly revived legislative proposal that will prevent South Africans from getting a firearm licence on the basis that they need the weapon for self-defence is radical and will have far-reaching consequences.
There is widespread anger over the legislative proposal drawing condemnation from a number of groups.
The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service on Friday opened public comment on a 2021 version of the long-dormant draft Firearms Control Amendment Bill.
The secretariat says the planned legislation will demand a valid reason when applying for a firearm licence and self-defence does not count.
SAPS gun permit system turned off due to non-payment of service provider
15 March 2021 2:25 PM
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SA Arms and Ammo Dealers Association s Martin Hood says it is a very large crisis in the management of firearms in South Africa.
The Firearm Permit System (FPS), reports Pararus, has been turned off because SAPS has stopped paying its service provider.
Lester Kiewit talks to the legal representative of the South African Arms and Ammunition Dealers Association s Martin Hood about this move.
Hood says the information that the FPS has been turned off is correct.
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