Government announced a proposed law that would prevent gun ownership for the purposes of self-defence. Firearm campaigner Gideon Joubert joined the BizNews Power Hour to give insights on what the firearm community thinks about this. Joubert says taxi associations and military personnel are unhappy and plan to oppose this. In a country with high crime statistics, is this a good idea?
Gideon Joubert on his experience with crime:
It was a hijacking/kidnapping on Easter weekend in 2007, where I essentially had to bail out of a moving vehicle. Miraculously, they did recover my car. It only took about a month to get it out of the pound. Unfortunately, I don’t think policing has improved in South Africa since then. If I look at the statistics, since 2011, we’ve had an increase in the homicide rate every single year. It’s been a decade of that. We have sexual violence and rape cases reported at about 40,000-50,000 a year. Considering the the generally accepted, horrendously ‘underr
‘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.
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NATIONAL NEWS - The proposed amendments to the Firearms Control Act has caused an uproar among South Africans with a number of organisations raising their concern on one particular issue.
A draft of the Firearms Control Amendment Bill was published in the government gazette on Friday.
The bill could see applicants looking to get a firearm licence for self-defence and hunting purposes being prohibited if it is signed into law.
While the bill was been labelled as draconian by some organisations, others believe that the bill will hinder the fight against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) in the country.
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