Among those who feel especially vulnerable are farmers and women in townships, with Girls on Fire’s Tshepi Mmekwa fearing for women in townsips, and the SA Institute for Race Relations questioning the bill’s wisdom in a country rife with crime.
Firearms Control Latest: Citizens stripped of right to own guns
Police Minister Bheki Cele hiked the budget for VIP protection for politicians by R1,7 billion and now wants to remove citizens firearms.
“Sheer madness. Shocking and disturbing, but not unexpected from a brain-dead police ministry,” is how Gun Owners South Africa has described the state’s move to disarm citizens via the proposed 2021 Firearms Control Amendment Bill released for public comment on Friday.
“Like a rotting corpse floating to the surface of a cesspool, the 2018 ‘draft’ amendment bill has reappeared, bringing with it the stench of long-dead thinking and outmoded paternalism. Magical thinking also…the straight out of Hollywood Ballistic Fingerprinting fraud scheme is getting another chance to absorb whatever is left of the SAPS budget,” ” GOSA chairman, Paul Oxley said in a statement.
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.
‘A train smash’ – Proposed change to Firearms Act leaves honest citizens worried On Friday night, government released the draft Firearms Control Amendment Bill. If it is signed into law, it could bar South African citizens from obtaining a gun licence for self-defence and hunting. Picture: Pexels.com
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JOHANNESBURG - There are concerns on Monday that a proposed change to the Firearms Control Act will have a devastating impact on honest citizens and women trying to protect themselves against criminals and gender-based violence.
On Friday night, government released the draft Firearms Control Amendment Bill. If it is signed into law, it could bar South African citizens from obtaining a gun licence for self-defence and hunting.
Potential ban on firearm ownership for self defence idiocy claims gun group
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Gun Owners Of South Africa says the proposals are cynical and in a country as crime-ridden as SA, the peak of idiocy .
Proposed amendments to South Africa s firearms laws are in the crosshairs of gun ownership advocacy groups who say the proposals are the peak of idiocy .
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Among them, plans to ban South Africans from getting gun licences for the purpose of self-defence.
Paul Oxley is the chairperson of Gun Owners Of South Africa (Gosa), he tells CapeTalk s Africa Melane the move is the cherry on top of a cynical and uncaring government.