It has been a busy night. After extensive communication between all relevant parties and HuntEx, it has been established that the breach of the agreement was due to a…
Compliance. Such a dirty, dirty word. When somebody has you at gun or knifepoint, we are often told that complying with your assailant’s demands is the way to go.…
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The Cape HuntEx saga has come to an end. After long, hard, and vigorous negotiations a workable compromise has finally been reached. HuntEx will allow people to EDC unmolested,…
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Stupidity. Overreaction. Missing the point. Losing the plot. Hysteria. I’d say these statements serve as a fairly accurate characterisation of what we have read and heard in the mass…
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The Confederation of Hunters Associations of South Africa (CHASA) issued a press release today in which they support legal firearm owners’ right to carry, and unequivocally declare their support…
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Steve Johnson, the Editor-in-Chief of The Firearm Blog was kind enough to weigh in on the HuntEx issues that we have been subjected to. This is a heartwarming gesture…
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In reaction to my article criticising HuntEx and its organisers last week, a number of questions popped up that deserve answering.
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Own goals. Apparently one of the worst own goals in football (soccer, whatever) history happened during the 2001 UEFA Cup Final between Liverpool and Deportivo Alavés, when defender Delfi…
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Tying in with my “Why do you carry a gun?” post from yesterday, a certain forum on the internet was kind enough to post video footage of a Duncanville…
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Why do I carry a gun? Technically I am carrying a pistol, not a piece of field artillery. In my day to day meanderings through life and the subsequent…