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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The proposed amendments to the FCA of 2000 that seek to abolish firearm ownership for self-defence purposes is an unjustifiable overreach by an increasingly authoritarian state that has miserably…
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I trust that most of you are by now aware of the proposed amendments to the FCA. They are essentially a rehash of the unworkable and terrible version we…
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This is written in response to Mary Kleinenberg in the Witness – “Guns are not the answer”. (Please see Mary’s original letter at the bottom of the article). Dear…
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Fire Bheki Cele – Now is the Time for Ramaphosa to Act
March 16, 2021 4 Comments
The President must fire Bheki Cele. This publication is no friend of Minister Cele. When he first became Minister of Police in March 2018, we expressed significant doubts regarding…
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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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It is by now old news that parliament approved a new six-month firearm amnesty, effective from 1 August. I harbour serious and material concerns about this. The 2010 firearm…
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We Made Our Own Economic Apocalypse. Aren’t You Proud?
August 4, 2020 5 Comments
My fellow South Africans, This isn’t a “I-told-you-so” post. As much fun as I can have by indulging in the limitless schadenfreude of vindication, the world-shattering scale of the…
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So it seems my social media feed is being dominated by a video of a ‘self-defence instructor’ who uses some very contentious, and indeed – from my point of…