Two decades ago, the American intellectual and Thomas Sowell wrote: ‘It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those…
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License the Person, Register the Firearm Campaign – Dear SA
September 9, 2020 16 Comments
The License the Person, Register the Firearm public participation campaign is now live on Dear South Africa. We invite and encourage everyone to please participate in this vital effort…
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Our government has treated smokers and alcohol consumers like second-class citizens for months. And they had zero recourse – the government just trampled their rights and privileges underfoot. There…
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Gun rights in South Africa have always been a hot topic. The right to keep and bear arms is something that cuts across racial and cultural boundaries, and is…
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Cele’s Hypocrisy – Civilian Gun Ban, But He Has Bodyguards
February 4, 2020 6 Comments
I’ve kept this page free of politics for a long time. But there are things going on at the moment which I feel warrant exposure and concerned attention no…
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Bheki Cele has finally outright admitted that he wants civilian firearm ownership banned. Speaking about amendments to the Firearms Control Act at a media briefing in Linden on 14…
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Bheki Cele’s 2018 Report Card – F for Failure in Five Key Areas
February 27, 2019 2 Comments
Bheki Cele has been our Minister of Police for over a year now. At the time the media trumpeted him as a breath of fresh air, taking over from…
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It isn’t every day that a knife manufacturer stabs gun owners in the back. But Benchmade saw it fit to rectify that little shortcoming. The Oregon City Police department…
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In Firearm Rights, General Discussion
A Line in the Sand – Negotiating in Bad Faith
October 22, 2018 3 Comments
Craig’s previous article along this line ran almost a year ago. It turns out that the our views at the time were nearly prophetic. With the leak of proposed…
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Self-Defence Gun Ban – The Government Wants You Murdered
October 17, 2018 39 Comments
“To ensure restricted access to firearms by civilians to ensure public order.” – Draft amendment to the FCA, 2018 I originally considered the title for this piece as Bheki…