The fight so far

The history of the protest against the FCA goes back as far as 1999, when the first proposals for a 'new' firearms act to replace the Arms and Ammunition Act of 1969 was mooted by government.

Organisations such as SAGA (Sa gun Owners Association), GOSA (Gun Owners of SA) and SAHGA (SA Hunters & Game Conservation Association) engaged in representations to government regarding the proposed new law and the Democratic Alliance and other political parties also engaged in Parliament to try to amend some unacceptable provisions of the FCA.

Notwithstanding these actions, the law was finally promulgated in 2004, over continued objections from many interested parties, as a result of the huge Parliamentary majority enjoyed by the ruling party, the ANC.

Today what we can now observe as we reach the finale of the FCA process to force existing owners to apply for relicencing - which process can be shown now by government figures (a mere 28% apporximately of applications successful!) to be a process of "application for confiscation" -is that in fact, gun-owners have voted against the FCA by virtue of their inaction and refusal to apply for relicencing - approximately 2 million votes have been received which say:

"NO - we will not comply with this unconstitutional legislation and allow our rights, along with our means of defence to be taken away!

With this fact a reality the fight must continue in order to remove the threat of the FCA and possible SAPS actions against law-abiding citizens which may flow from it and from this refusal to comply.

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