FIREARMS LEGISLATION AND OWNERSHIP IN RSA
Fred Camphor die uitvoerende hoof van SA Jagters het op 26 April 2019 die onderstaande ope brief aan president Cyril Ramaphosa geskryf. Dit handel oor verskeie gebreke in die Vuurwapenwet en die swak implementering van dié wet.
I am the CEO of the South African Hunters and Game Conservation Association (commonly known as SA Hunters) and I send you this open letter with the knowledge and support of my Board. I cannot claim to talk on behalf of all representatives of legal firearm owners, but I know most of those representatives well enough to state that they will agree with the views Ishare.
Not long after your inauguration as President of South Africa you started your “Thuma mina” campaign. Thuma mina means “send me”, and I would like to use this opportunity to request: “Mr President, may I please send you, on behalf of all legal firearm owners in South Africa, to have a look at the lack of proper implementation and administration of the Firearms Control Act.”
You will most likely start a new term as the President of South Africa after 8 May 2019 and Iwish to deliberately now already request you to deal with this as one of the first priorities to be attended to. For too long we have had an extremely poor experience in the RSA with too many illegally possessed firearms being misused in this country, to the detriment of too many people.
I have since 2009 at various times attempted to get an appointment with your Minister of Police, in an attempt to propose solutions for commonly known problems experienced with the implementation of firearms control
