Camps Bay Neighbourhood - Up To Date

Information for all Gun Owners

Dear Network Member,

Recent press reports and statements by various police spokesmen about a PROPOSED firearms amnesty have led to much confusion. We will not now comment on the effects/implications of the possible amnesty until a final, official notice is published and the conditions are clear and unambiguous. Until then, the soundest advice we can give firearm owners is -

DO NOTHING AT ALL!

The draft notice (which does not take the Portfolio Committee's amendments into account) proposed that an amnesty commence on 11 January 2010 and be open until 11 April 2010, so it wouldn't help anyone to try to 'jump the gun'.

Please note amnesties absolve you only for the offence of "being in possession of an unlicensed firearm" and not for any other offence - which is why, SAPS claims to the contrary, these amnesties so singularly fail to disarm criminals and make our streets safer. The persons most likely to benefit from such amnesties are those who 'simply haven't got round' to regularizing firearms discovered in a deceased family member's estate.

Please note that, because of the interim court order obtained by the SA Hunters & Game Conservation Association, all licences valid in terms of the previous (or 'old') Arms & Ammunition Act remain valid until further notice. This means that if you missed the final 30 June 2009 licence renewal deadline, your old licence covers you until further notice.

Please do not allow yourself or your friends and colleagues to be pressured into surrendering licensed firearms when there is no need to do so.

This article applies to: Middle, Rontree 1, Rontree 2, Glen, Bakoven, Village, Clifton, CPF