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In Firearm Rights

Mbalula's War on Guns Continues: Two Important Messages

May 25, 2017 8 Comments

Mbalula's War on Guns Continues: Two Important Messages
25/04/2017 . Minister of police, Fikile Mbalula at a press briefing, SAPS Tshwane Academy. picture: Jacques Naude

I want to reach beyond the usual echo chamber with a serious request.

During the Police budget speech in Parliament on 23 May the Minister of Police, Fikile Mbalula, made it clear that there exists an objective to completely disarm all South African civilians within a specified timeframe. This despite our homicide rate increasing for 4 consecutive years, which is a clear indicator our strict and draconian firearms legislation is not working.

This is not unique to South Africa: similar and worse models have resulted in abject failure in Jamaica, Honduras, Puerto Rico, the UK, Australia, and many others.

Firearm rights are just another group of civil rights. I believe strongly in freedom of speech. I believe in marriage equality. I believe in freedom of association. I believe in freedom of religion or the lack thereof. I believe in the freedoms enshrined in our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

This includes the Right to Life, Right to Property, Right to Security of Person, and Right to Human Dignity.

The government wants to remove the most powerful tool with which we can defend these rights from our possession, and leave us at the mercy of those who seek to impose their will on us through the use of violence and criminality.

Even if you do not intend to own firearms, or even like them for that matter, please at least realise that such a blatant infringement on these civil rights touches you directly regardless.

If you want to help, please join GOSA: Gun Owners of SA. We are 25 000 members strong, and are from all walks of life. This issue is about as non-partisan and non-racial as it gets. If you don’t believe me, come see for yourself.

Molon Labe.

 


The Minister of Police has made it clear that there exists a long-term objective of complete civilian disarmament. I see some here laugh at the time-frame, but completely fail to note that some of the short-term objectives are to be realised by 2020 already. The Minister has repeatedly made his stance against civilian gun ownership crystal clear. There cannot be any doubt as to where his sentiments lie.

The government is powerless to disarm civilians if the public sentiment is strongly against such a move.

What can you do?

You can write to the newspapers and express why the Minister is wrong. You can write to your political representatives and tell them to oppose any such moves in Parliament. You can join GOSA as a paying member and contribute to our funding to fight this through our available channels. You can make yourself available when next we arrange a march to Parliament or the Union Buildings. You can become involved in the Fight for your Gun Rights.

We tell the media and politicians that we have over 25 000 members. It is time to show them that. Screaming about the problem on the internet is nothing but impotent rage: it achieves nothing and wastes valuable time and energy.

Get involved. We are only as strong as your involvement allows us to be. Nobody is going to fight this for you: but if you pitch in, you will at least not be fighting alone.

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  1. Brittius
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    6 years ago

    Reblogged this on .

  2. GS | Mbalula’s War on Guns Continues: Two Important Messages | Brittius
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    6 years ago

    […] Source: Mbalula’s War on Guns Continues: Two Important Messages […]

  3. Derick Hattingh
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    6 years ago

    There is no way that I will be disarmed or hand my firearm in. This pathetic government is not able to protect its citizens from unlawfulness

  4. Robert Holland
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    6 years ago

    I will not hand in my soon-to-be legally acquired firearm- Govt cannot place a policeman in every home -Police can’t secure their own duty weapons. Does Govt want to protect or slaughter its Citizens?

  5. Desmond
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    6 years ago

    The violence comes from those that kill and murder with UNLICENSED firearms. Now they want to take our legal rights away to own one. It is their way to disarm us so we have nothing to defend ourselves. The violence does not come from legal gun owners….. take that away from us and we are as good as gone…. with our families. They have been planning this over plenty years, e.g. mention one Comando still in existence to protect each towns citizens?…. and much more.
    Point proven

  6. Zoo Keeper
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    6 years ago

    Its the logical conclusion to what has been the plan all along. It should have been obvious when an equivalent to the 2nd Amendment was proposed (by the out-going Nats) at CODESA. The ANC made it a deal-breaker. So we got the watered down S12, right to security of person.

    This fight is about to turn ugly. We need the voice of black women the most right now

  7. TJ Masilela
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    6 years ago

    I was in parliament and its a lie what uttered here. The Freedon Front Plus asked the question and the Minister explained that he’s pure talking about to many unlicensed firearms used in all acys if crime. Those firearms in the hands of thugs & devil’s must be disarmed. Do we have to distort every ..even if its pure hogwash.

    1. gunservant85
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      6 years ago

      This was written before the FF asked the question and clarity was obtained. The next article contains the correction. The Minister’s actions will speak louder than words, so we shall see.

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