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Government is disarming South Africans, says SAGA If the proposed amendments to the firearms bill are signed into law, thousands of South Africans will not be allowed to obtain a gun licence for self-defence. Contributor Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 09:32 Photo: Pretoria Rekord NATIONAL NEWS - John Welch, president of the South African Gunowners’ Association (SAGA), says the Draft Firearms Control Amendment Bill is a move ...

Gun self-defence move triggers debate By Sakhiseni Nxumalo Share DURBAN - PARLIAMENT’S revival of the Draft Firearms Control Amendment Bill, which seeks to remove self-defence as a valid reason to own a firearm, has been greeted by mixed reaction. While lobby group Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) welcomed the proposal, describing it as “long-overdue”, the SA Gun-owners Association (Saga) called the move “ill-informed”. The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSP) published the draft...

Changes to firearm laws pose high safety risks Updated Gcinokuhle Malinga Share this: Gun Owners South Africa (GOSA) believes proposed changes to the countrys firearm laws will leave many gun owners exposed.  Photo: Pixabay GOSAs Damian Enflin feels the amendments are unreasonable.  "We all know we living in an unfortunately very violent society - with the murder rate, attacks on women and gender-based violence sky high. 

Potential ban on firearm ownership for self defence idiocy claims gun group 24 May 2021 8:49 AM self-defence Share This: 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 Africas firearms laws are in the crosshairs of gun ownership advocacy groups who say the proposals are the peak of idiocy. RELATED: Among them, plans to ban South Africans from getting gun licences for the...

Gun owners are furious as government revealed proposed changes to the law that would remove self-defence as a valid reason to own a firearm.