ANTI-crime lobby groups have called on policymakers and the government to include gas guns and blank guns in the Firearm Control Act (Faca) and to require that they be carried by firearm licence holders only.
Gun Free SA (GFSA) and Action Society have made this appeal because the guns – which are intended to be harmless, self-protection equipment – have proven to pose a danger to society. GFSA said while these guns can be bought at normal shop counters, they are not harmless as they