“Ms Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane, Secretary of Police has requested that firearms organisations communicate a message of support for the amnesty as a measure to ensure responsible firearm ownership to firearms owners and the public.”

The Minister of Police has by means of a publication in the Government Gazette, declared an Amnesty for a period of 90 (ninety) days commencing from 11 January 2010 and ending on 11 April 2010.

The purpose of the amnesty is to allow those in unlawful possessions of firearms or ammunition to hand these in.

GunSite™ South Africa fully supports responsible firearm ownership in South Africa. We therefore call on all criminals to hand in their firearms before 11 April 2010. (We just hope that their reading skills are not particularly good and that they miss the part where they have to disclose their full details, so that after forensic testing, should it be found that the firearm was used in a crime, they can be traced)

GunSite™ South Africa further supports a crime free South Africa. We believe that the government and SAPS could rather focus their energy and efforts on fighting crime and reducing the criminal element.

The Facts:

• All existing licenses are perfectly legal.
• You may use the current amnesty to license or re-license your guns.
• Firearm owners who missed the relicensing period will also be allowed to apply for relicensing during this amnesty. The old “green” licenses remain valid pending the outcome of the SA Hunters court case.  You are further allowed to keep your firearm while the renewal is being processed.
• It’s questionable whether any firearms used in crime will be handed in.
• It’s our opinion, subsequent to the JASA case, that compensation is payable on request for all licensed guns surrendered to SAPS.

Guidelines:

PROCEDURE TO APPLY FOR LICENCES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN RENEWED (AMNESTY)

PROCEDURE TO PROCESS A FIREARM LICENCE APPLICATION (AMNESTY)

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