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SA's cannot allow govt to take away right to self-defence, says Marius Roodt


The South African government has recently announced an intention to propose laws that would effectively prevent firearm ownership for the purpose of self-defence. Recently, firearm campaigner Gideon Joubert joined the BizNews Power Hour (listen below) to explain why this is a harmful idea. “In this bizarre sort of ambiance of increasing violent crime and a complete dysfunctional police organ, that the government now proposes to remove, from citizens, the ability to defend themselves with firearms legally.” Below, journalist Marius Roodt writes that South Africa can barely perform the most basic of functions (like water or refuse removal) yet want to take away “the right of citizens to defend themselves, when the police are often failing in this duty.” Roodt notes that many South Africans have either outsourced or taken their security into their own hands, due to a lack of faith in the South African Police Service. Add to that the statistics which show South Africa is the 9 ....

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