Opinion

Shooting ourselves in the foot with proposed changes to SA gun law

Mark Barnes is up in arms over the proposed ban on the private ownership of guns for self-defence

30 May 2021 - 00:00 By Mark Barnes

The world would probably be a better place if there were no guns, no booze, no cigarettes, whatever. Choose your favourite “I'm against it” and start a campaign. But these things exist, and they're not going away any time soon, if ever. At issue is how we regulate them. At issue is how visible their use (or misuse) is...

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