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12-11-2014, 06:28 #21
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Re: SAGA vs GFSA : E-Tv Ad: GFSA loses appeal
Excellent job guys. Well done!
That will teach GFSA... You get what you pay for!
Interesting point WZ... GFSA had to use free advertising and their own representation... The Sunday Times ad space must have cost a fair whack as well. I wonder who funded that if they couldn't do it themselves.
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12-11-2014, 07:56 #22
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Re: SAGA vs GFSA : E-Tv Ad: GFSA loses appeal
Brilliant news! :) well done to all involved!
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12-11-2014, 08:09 #23
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Re: SAGA vs GFSA : E-Tv Ad: GFSA loses appeal
Question, the initial complaint was toward the newspaper add. Does this ruling count for the TV ad as well?
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12-11-2014, 08:34 #24
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Re: SAGA vs GFSA : E-Tv Ad: GFSA loses appeal
We know that GFSA and it's minions are purveyors of half truths and manipulators of statistics. This confirms it.
Well done SAGA.
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12-11-2014, 09:21 #25
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12-11-2014, 09:26 #26
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14-11-2014, 11:53 #27
Re: SAGA vs GFSA : E-Tv Ad: GFSA loses appeal
SAGA statement on the subject:
SAGA MEDIA STATEMENT
ADVERTISING AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Earlier this year Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) embarked on an advertising campaign on road signs and in the print and electronic media. The catch phrases being, “IF YOUR STOLEN GUN WAS THERE, SO WERE YOU” and “Eighteen South Africans are shot and killed every day. Take responsibility. Hand in your gun.”
SAGA’s interim national council chairman, Stephan Grobler, lodged a complaint at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on the basis that the advertisement was misleading in that it implies that the owner of a stolen gun is responsible for any crime committed with it; that it fails to specify whether these gun-related killings were crime-related, suicides or accidents; that the source was not quoted; and the image of a gun links all firearms to illegal activities.
Having considered SAGA’s objection the ASA made the following ruling: “(T)he advertisement created a misleading impression of the surrounding circumstances, and is therefore in breach of Clause 4.2.1 of Section II of the Code”.
In light of this, it ordered that “(i) The advertisement must be withdrawn; (ii) The process to withdraw the advertisement in all forms must be actioned with immediate effect on receipt of this ruling: (iii) The withdrawal of the advertisement in all forms must be completed within the deadlines stipulated by Clause 15.3 of the Procedural Guide: and (iv) The advertisement may not be used again in its current format or context”.
GFSA then filed a notice of appeal to which SAGA responded. SAGA acknowledged the constitutional right to freedom of expression, but contended, “that the appellant does not have the right to mislead the public or to advocate violence”; “That the right to freedom of speech does not entitle it to convey false and misleading information as the advertisement states that any person whose stolen firearm is used in a criminal act is co-responsible”; and “The advertisement does not make any distinction between firearms that have been lost through criminal actions on the part of third parties”.
At the appeal hearing on 28 October 2014 GFSA and SAGA representatives presented their parties’ respective arguments. The appeal committee of the ASA made a ruling on 11 November 2014 and dismissed the appeal by GFSA. It inter alia said, “The advertisement is misleading in a literal sense in that clearly the owner of the stolen firearm is not present only his firearm is. Taking into account the intention of the advert as stated by the appellant’s (sic) it is clearly aimed at all firearm owners and after making a factual statement it clearly exhorts the firearm owners to hand in their firearms rather than take better care of them. The advertisement does not distinguish between firearm owners who are negligent and had their firearms stolen and those that took every precaution and still had their firearms stolen. It is in that sense that the committee agreed with the Directorate that the advert should be considered on the same basis as the organ Donors Foundation quoted in the Directorate’s ruling”.
This victory for SAGA demonstrates that firearm ownership is a responsibility that is taken seriously by law-abiding citizens in South Africa.
SAGA will continue to fight for the rights of all persons who have exercised their constitutional right to choose to become lawful firearm owners. Know your rights and be safe.
Issued by: John I. Welch
Chairman & Spokesperson
The SAGA Trust
12 November 2014
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07-02-2015, 23:49 #28
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Re: SAGA vs GFSA : E-Tv Ad: GFSA loses appeal
GFSA has appealed against their loosing their first appeal. So matter is still up in the air with you tube videos and websites still having the GFSA advertisements on it.
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08-02-2015, 00:36 #29
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Re: SAGA vs GFSA : E-Tv Ad: GFSA loses appeal
What is the deadline to remove as there is still such a billboard in Centurion...
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08-02-2015, 06:37 #30
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