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Thread: Firearms Amendment Bill of 2021
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11-06-2021, 17:05 #561
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12-06-2021, 07:38 #562
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Re: Firearms Amendment Bill of 2021
Hi Dick
I heard a debate on a radio show I think 702 but I could be wrong. It was at 11:00 at night I was working night shift and it was with gun free SA and a woman from GOSA I think. It was bout 2 years ago and I was at work so I couldn't give it my full attention. But what I do remember very clearly is that the radio host and one of the callers who phoned in asked her if she had armed response at home and she admitted that she did. I'm not sure if it may be possible to find that debate somewhere but yeah. She did admit to it on live radio. Hope that helps.
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12-06-2021, 20:57 #563
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Re: Firearms Amendment Bill of 2021
Yeah, Luker, and the distressing thing is that the media ignores it as if it's not important. In GFSA's early years (mid nineties) Alex Holmes managed to get hold of it's list of donors for one particular year. I forget which year but it would have been mid nineties. It was about R1.50 million which doesn't sound much now, but it was a useful amount for a small organisation, which GFSA used for, among other things, flights all around SA. That's why GFSA were able to appear everywhere and generate a lot of publicity. Some of those donors were foreign like the Joseph Rowntree Foundation but most were South African corporates. One of those was SA Breweries. I asked them to confirm it and why they had done it in view of the fact that firearm owners drink a lot more beer than GFSA. Somewhere in the pile of rubbish that passes for my archives I have the reply from their public affairs guy. What it said, roughly, was that they gave R25K (I think) for GFSA's research into misuse of firearms, or some such thing, but withdrew support when they found that said research wasn't being done. What that really meant was that they realised they'd been conned. He requested that I didn't publicise it. But I don't see any harm in mentioning it 25 years later. It wasn't long before GFSA's funding from local sources dried up, presumably because all the donors realised what GFSA was really up to. After that GFSA's funding was almost entirely foreign, mostly George Soros via the Open Society Foundation.
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13-06-2021, 08:10 #564
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Re: Firearms Amendment Bill of 2021
So I see the daily maverick has finally published an article on this issue. One can see which side their bread is buttered.. But this one will be very easy to counter, we need to point out that legislation already exists to have people declared unfit and that if they can provide the proof we will help them press charges against those who have made threats against them….And guys please! Getting emotional only gives ammo to the enemy. We can only win this with calm reason and logic.
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13-06-2021, 22:44 #565
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Re: Firearms Amendment Bill of 2021
Hi everyone,
I just need to clarify, will the new amendment bill ban handguns?
The way I understand the draft, they are implying that handguns will be banned, and only hunting rifles will be allowed?
Also, can we be confident that current handgun licences still remain valid for the remaining 10 years of validity? Is that a guarantee?
And one more important question, by when will this amendment come into force, what is the average time frame for these types of amendments?
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14-06-2021, 05:36 #566
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14-06-2021, 06:58 #567
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14-06-2021, 07:45 #568
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Re: Firearms Amendment Bill of 2021
Our Gauteng/Midrand protest (not a 'march' given Covid, and the location) is on the 23rd (next Wednesday) of June, and our Cape Town march is on the 1st of July.
During the States of Emergency (the closest approximation of our current State of Disaster) in the 80s the Anti-Apartheid movement developed a concept to protest in public where even small groups were prohibited. The tactic was called a 'mill-in' and it involved groups of people wearing the same protest T-shirt milling about in shopping malls to attract attention and invite queries from the public. The Free The Children campaign did this to great effect.
We will do a mobile mill-in, in a circuit route between the Olifantsfontein offramp and the New Road offramp on the Ben Schoeman, in our vehicles/taxis, past the offices of the Chief Justice of SA, at 40km/h (legal minimum highway speed). GOSA is having non-organisation specific signage for the vehicles printed.
Should look good for the media!
We will have security, medical, and legal assistance available on-site to deal with any eventualities."Always remember to pillage before you burn"
Unknown Barbarian
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14-06-2021, 07:50 #569
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