http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/language/en-US/Default.aspx An articles RSS feed from the EfficionConsulting Articles Module for DNN. en-us Judy Bassingwaighte Judy Bassingwaighte Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:50:18 GMT EfficionConsulting Articles Module (www.efficionconsulting.com) Copyright 2010, Gun Free * Australia: Gun ban and buyback scheme saves 200 lives a year * Slovakia: Gunman kills 7 and self * Venezuela: Victimisation poll leaked to the press * Other news: Changes at the IANSA Secretariat; IANSA staff meet with UNODA in London; Disarmament in DRC; Action in support of Canadian Gun Registry; Human Security Update in Sudan; New AI report on Yemen; DCAF job in Geneva http://www.gca.org.za/Portals/gunfree.org.za/docs/International News.doc gfsa gfsa Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT From 10 June to 7 July 2010 Gun Free South Africa participated in a campaign to raise awareness about gun violence and alcohol. Please click here for full story and to view newspaper article click here gfsa gfsa Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Please can you upload the latest version of the FCA on our website under “Resources” “Information about Firearms Control Act”... The current link is dead. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT gfsa gfsa Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Police are now taking accountability for the missing firearms and corrupt police officers that continue to bring their reputation down and erode public confidence. If this continues and the public regain confidence it will pave the way to a society where citizens will not feel the need to own a firearm . (GFSA Comment) Minister Mthethwa stresses the Force belongs only to law-abiding, morally upright and committed cops PRETORIA – 15 June 2010.  It is intolerable that law enforcement officers, who are supposed to be upright, upholding of the Constitution, enforcing the law and defending the weak, find themselves behind bars.   But in its endeavours of ensuring that South African Police Service (SAPS) becomes an effective Force in fighting crime, the leadership will continue to ‘clean out’ corrupt elements that may still be within. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/885/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT DURBAN – 04 June 2010.  The Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa today applauded and welcomed the harsh sentence given to one of the persons who was involved in the Inanda police station firearm theft in the past weeks. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/883/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT POLICE have revealed a woman who was shot by armed officers after she appeared to wave a weapon in her garden had been brandishing a toy gun. As previously reported in the Echo, the 49-year-old was shot in the arm with a baton gun, which fires plastic bullets, to disarm her. The woman had earlier threatened to harm herself. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/882/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT PRETORIA – 01 June 2010.  The Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa today expressed his unhappiness with the unacceptably high number of firearms that are lost in the hands of police officers. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/881/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Click on the link to read GFSA Letter to The President gfsa gfsa Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT   The workshop was held on the 19/03/2010 at Gun Free South Africa offices .   Twelve branches of the Liquor Traders Association were represented as well as, SAPS regional office and a TV station from Switzerland who came to televise the workshop. Click on the image below to read more   gfsa gfsa Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT It was about 9.30am when Mthokozisi Sithole was knocked over by a car in Emndeni, in Soweto. Panicking, he got up and ran home. But the incident sparked an argument between two men in the car and the community, ultimately ending in a bloody shooting spree that left two people dead and three critically injured. Mthokozisi and his friend Lusanda Madlanga were on their way to a nearby shop on Sunday when a blue and white Citi Golf hit him from behind. It continued for a few metres and then stopped. Residents who witnessed the accident approached the driver, and an argument over who was wrong erupted, with the driver of the car reportedly saying: "You women do not look after your children. What was the child doing on the road?"   http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/841/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT As Gun Free South Africa we believe very simply that less guns means less gun violence. Click link on the image below to read more!   gfsa gfsa Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Powered by a large spring inside its mostly clear casing, the toy gun used in a shooting incident at Barracks Road Shopping Center in December couldn’t be mistaken for a real firearm in daylight. However, a judge ruled Thursday that the Charlottesville area’s problem with real guns has made people afraid. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/833/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Look-a-like toys or BB guns used to commit crimes always has been rare, and more so following federal laws in the late 1980s and early 1990s that restricted their appearance. But police still get sporadic calls of alleged gun play in neighborhoods, someone pointing a "real" gun out of a car window, or even robbing a bank. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/832/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT PHOENIX -- Authorities say a Phoenix police officer shot a teen after the suspect simulated pulling out a weapon and pointing it at the officer during a drug bust Friday night. According to Phoenix police Sgt. Tommy Thompson, the 15-year-old male's injuries were not life-threatening. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/831/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Police fired a Taser at a man after he walked along one of Darwin's busiest streets allegedly pointing a toy pistol at people. Superintendent Bob Harrison says officers donned protective gear on Mitchell Street yesterday afternoon amid fears the toy might be a real weapon. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/828/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT DOCTORS yesterday called for a ban on the sale of toy guns, saying they were dangerous for children to play with. The warning follows an incident in which a seven-year-old Bahraini from Manama accidentally shot himself in the eye when he was playing with one such "weapon" his parents had bought him from a cold store. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/827/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Mphumuti Nkambule and his co-accused, were represented by attorney M.S Simelane who told Senior Magistrate David Khumalo that, “the accused persons were not carrying a gun but a toy gun on the day in question,” he said. Magistrate Khumalo told Simelane that he must mind his words because what he was telling the court was that his clients did committed the crime, however, they were not carrying a genuine firearm but a toy gun. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/826/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT A fourth grade New Dorp boy faced the prospect of suspension after the principal at his South Beach school saw him playing with an action figure carrying a toy machine gun. Patrick Timoney, a 9-year-old student at PS 52, and friends were playing with LEGOs during their lunch period when the principal took him into her office over the two-inch toy gun carried by a standard policeman figure. Margie Feinberg, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, told the Staten Island Advance that there is a no-tolerance policy for toy guns in schools. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/825/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT A toddler who witnessed his police VIP Protection Unit father shoot and kill his mother, before wounding two men and hijacking three cars, is so traumatised he imitates the attack. Every now and then the three-year-old boy points his hand at people, pretending to be carrying a gun and shooting, making gunshot sounds, his uncle Bakholise Sokutu said. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/824/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT The South African Police Services held a “Police Day” at the Johannesburg Stadium on the 27th of January 2010. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/822/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT MBy ROBERT NAPPER - rnapper@bradenton.com   MANATEE — The majority of guns illegally sold on the street come from an unlikely place: the law-abiding, well-meaning gun owner looking for self-protection — but who fails to secure their investment or know enough about their weapon to provide law enforcement with essential details should it be stolen. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/804/language/en-US/Default.aspx Thorsten Neumann Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Some readers of (or occasional visitors to) this Blog were rather upset when I wrote that I believed the state had both a duty and a right to place severe restrictions on the possession of firearms by private individuals. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/803/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT On the 14th of August 2009 Gun Free South Africa held a workshop at Jabulani Police Station, Soweto, Gauteng, in conjunction with the  Soweto Crime Prevention Youth Desk. GFSA invited members of Youth Desks from all Soweto police stations and each police station was represented by two members of the Youth Desk.  The police stations represented were Lenasia South, Lenasia, Jabulani, Diepkloof, Meadowlands, Naledi, Dobsonville, Protea Glen and Orlando. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/802/language/en-US/Default.aspx Thorsten Neumann Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Gun Free South Africa in collaboration with Meadowlands Youth Desk and Meadowlands SAPS (Crime Prevention Unit) held an event in the Meadowlands Park on the 06th of November 2009. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/801/language/en-US/Default.aspx Thorsten Neumann Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Click on the poster for the January 11 press release gfsa gfsa Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT gfsa gfsa Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT If you were wondering what happens to 29-year-old men who still play with Lego, take Jeremy Bell as an example. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/791/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT EDMONTON -- Police are urging people to refrain from purchasing toy guns after a group of youths playing with a fake firearm gave shoppers a scare at Mill Woods Town Centre yesterday afternoon. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/790/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT In your editorial (Unnecessary arms reprieve, November 10) erroneous statements were made about the Firearms Control Act (FCA). This editorial, which refers to the FCA as “a deeply flawed piece of legislation”, has got it wrong. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/781/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gun Free South Africa in collaboration with Meadowlands Youth Desk and Meadowlands SAPS (Crime Prevention Unit) held an event in the Meadowlands Park on the 06th of November 2009. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/778/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gun Free South Africa in collaboration with Meadowlands Youth Desk and Meadowlands SAPS (Crime Prevention Unit) held an event in the Meadowlands Park on the 06th of November 2009. The goal was to talk to the community about the dangers of gun ownership as well as the promotion of Gun Free Zones and also to encourage the community to act against drug abuse. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/780/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gun Free South Africa in collaboration with Meadowlands Youth Desk and Meadowlands SAPS (Crime Prevention Unit) held an event in the Meadowlands Park on the 06th of November 2009. The goal was to talk to the community about the dangers of gun ownership as well as the promotion of Gun Free Zones and also to encourage the community to act against drug abuse. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/779/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Some readers of (or occasional visitors to) this Blog were rather upset when I wrote that I believed the state had both a duty and a right to place severe restrictions on the possession of firearms by private individuals. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/776/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT On Sunday 25 October 2009 at a political rally in Limpopo province, South African President Jacob Zuma publicly raised concerns about the number of firearms in the hands of private citizens. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/774/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT To Download a Gun Free Zone sign Click on a link below   Gun Free Zone Sign    iGun iFlop Sign iGun iFlop Sign gfsa gfsa Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT According to the South African Police Service over a 1000 children are murdered (many of them by guns) annually and approximately 100 000 children physically or sexually assaulted. ( Please be advised this document contains in it images that are not good for sensitive viewers). To read more click here   gfsa gfsa Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT On hearing of the tragic news of the killing of Captain Scheepers we send our heartfelt condolences to the family and call again for a gun free south Africa. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/752/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gun Free South Africa is opposed to the “Shoot to Kill” stance taken by the new Police chief  Bheki Cele for the following reasons. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/745/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Geoffrey Southern struggles to contain his anger at the South African government over "evil" gun-control laws. Speaking from his newly established gun dealership, Southern Arms in Sandton, and surrounded by a variety of long and short weapons, he describes a government conspiracy to disarm and control the South African masses. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/742/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT MBy ROBERT NAPPER - rnapper@bradenton.com   MANATEE — The majority of guns illegally sold on the street come from an unlikely place: the law-abiding, well-meaning gun owner looking for self-protection — but who fails to secure their investment or know enough about their weapon to provide law enforcement with essential details should it be stolen. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/740/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT On the 14th of August 2009 Gun Free South Africa held a workshop at Jabulani Police Station, Soweto, Gauteng, in conjunction with the  Soweto Crime Prevention Youth Desk. GFSA invited members of Youth Desks from all Soweto police stations and each police station was represented by two members of the Youth Desk.  The police stations represented were Lenasia South, Lenasia, Jabulani, Diepkloof, Meadowlands, Naledi, Dobsonville, Protea Glen and Orlando. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/713/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gun Free South Africa is outraged to learn that a Johannesburg Security Company that claim to be providing safety and security to the public, is adding fuel to an already burning nation.  (Article published in the Star on the 19 August 2009 by Shaun Smillie) http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/711/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gun Free South Africa is outraged to learn that a Johannesburg Security Company that claim to be providing safety and security to the public, is adding fuel to an already burning nation.  (Article published in the Star on the 19 August 2009 by Shaun Smillie) http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/709/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Dear Commissioner Cele, Request for an engagement with yourself on plans to combat crime: An open letter  Allow me to publicly offer my heartfelt congratulations on your appointment as Chief Commissioner of the South African Police. Your appointment takes place at a difficult time for the people of South Africa, subjected to unabating levels of crime, constantly feeling extremely vulnerable and unsafe even in their homes. You therefore have our best wishes and carry our hopes as a nation that you will lead us out of this morass. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/684/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT One of Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) objectives when it was originally established was campaigning for stricter controls in gun ownership.  Domestically and internationally children are being shot by each other or accidentally shooting their brothers and sisters because of negligence by gun owners in leaving guns anywhere but in the safe.  GFSA appeals to parents and gun owners to realize the dangers of owning guns especially when there are children in the home. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/683/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT   By: President Jacob Zuma; XV Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement 15 July 2009   South Africa remains convinced that there can be no peace without development and no development without peace. We must also emphasise that we will never achieve peace and security if we do not combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons on our Continent. We are proud of the fact that Africa is a nuclear-weapons-free-zone. South Africa remains committed to the goals of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control. We will continue to actively pursue and promote the importance of a multilateral approach in this regard. gfsa gfsa Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Statement by H.E. Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa - General Debate - XV Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement; Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt 15 July 2009 http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/642/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 16th of June is the day which marks 33 years after the youth of Soweto stood up and rebelled against the apartheid regime in South Africa. The Apartheid museum was named after the transition of government in 1994 and still today reminds us of the struggle which Hector Petersen and other youth did for the sake of this country. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/562/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT The South African Hunting and Game Conservation Association are taking the Police to court to stop the 30th June cutoff date for firearms that do not meet the provisions of the Firearms Control Act legislation.  http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/564/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT The South African Hunting and Game Conservation Association are taking the Police to court to stop the 30th June cutoff date for firearms that do not meet the provisions of the Firearms Control Act legislation.  http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/563/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Statement issued by the office of the divisional commissioner: Visible Policing: Commissioner Arno Lamoer http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/552/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Portals/gunfree.org.za/banner_default1_01.html gfsa gfsa Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT The purpose of the event To bring awareness into the community and especially to the younger people of the devastation that guns bring to a society.  We see every day on TV, in films, and on playstation games,  people shooting each other but you never see the devastation that each and every life lost brings to a family and the ripple effect it has on the community.   http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/540/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Margy’s passing has left a hole in many people’s lives that cannot be filled. She was a person with an infinite capacity for giving, with a capacious and all-encompassing heart in which many people from every walk of life found comfort and succour. The flood of people who have come forward to mourn with us since her death has provided vivid testimony of the reach of her caring spirit. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/541/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Source: www.huffingtonpost.com ; May 11, 2009 In a few weeks, I will begin a one-year prison sentence for being in the possession of illegal firearms. Where I come from, having a gun is just part of everyday life. But, through this painful process of going to court and being convicted, I realized that I had to make a change.   http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/535/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Source: www.huffingtonpost.com ; May 11, 2009 In a few weeks, I will begin a one-year prison sentence for being in the possession of illegal firearms. Where I come from, having a gun is just part of everyday life. But, through this painful process of going to court and being convicted, I realized that I had to make a change. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/534/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Bring your bar-coded ID book but remember not to bring your gun as this will be an offence in terms of the electoral act page 118 chapter 8. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/518/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Despite the legislation laid down in the electoral Act that no persons except for a member of the security services on duty at that voting, may without the permission of the presiding officer enter into the boundsries of the voting station in possession of a firearm or, any other weapon identified as a weapon by a member of the security service. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/517/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT On Election Day there were two shootings On Sunday the 25th of April 2009 a Policeman was shot dead. In East London there were two armed robberies yesterday the 26th of April 2009. In Durban a pregnant woman was shot twice in the abdomen. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/516/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Wanna share a story or poem with us! click here   gfsa gfsa Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT We are sure that the issues raised by the following article, shared by a member of our network, will be familiar to you all. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/514/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT gfsa gfsa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT LinkClick.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Richard van Ameron, a resident of Schoemansville, near Pretoria, intentionally killed his common-law wife and the mother of his child in a fit of rage. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/473/language/en-US/Default.aspx Thorsten Neumann Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Three men are expected to appear in the Soshanguve Magistrate's Court on Thursday for allegedly robbing a man of his Nike sneakers, a cellphone and cash, Pretoria police said. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/471/language/en-US/Default.aspx Thorsten Neumann Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Pretoria police have hopefully brought an end to a two-year gang war after the arrest of a 10-man gang and the recovery of guns and ammunition hours after gunmen tried to kill a rival in a drive-by shooting. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/472/language/en-US/Default.aspx Thorsten Neumann Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Wednesday 11 March 2009  London/Washington/Hamburg: Mortuaries in Alabama (USA) and Winnenden (Germany) are receiving the bodies of 25 innocent civilians today, simply because of the availability of firearms to two men who were unable to control their rage.   http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/470/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Mpumalanga's politicians have reacted with fury to the police shooting dead a 17-year - old pupil while he was attending class last week. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/469/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Since 2004 when the new Firearms Control Act was instigated the number of illegal firearms has been reduced by at least 24%. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/468/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The questions were as follows: What is your stand on gun ownership Do you think a gun is a best instrument for self protection? Do you think gun violence has an impact on our economy? http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/461/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The causes of violence are complex, and based on a mix of genetic factors and social factors involving the family, the neighbourhood, peer groups and culture at large. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/465/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2 teenagers arrested, 3 Cherokee County schools locked down after tip. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/463/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2 teenagers arrested, 3 Cherokee County schools locked down after tip. It started with a parent’s phone call to Holly Springs police late Wednesday night. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/460/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2 teenagers arrested, 3 Cherokee County schools locked down after tip. It started with a parent’s phone call to Holly Springs police late Wednesday night.   http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/459/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2 teenagers arrested, 3 Cherokee County schools locked down after tip. It started with a parent’s phone call to Holly Springs police late Wednesday night. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/458/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gun Free South Africa recently did interviews with people on the ground to find out their stand on gun ownership in general. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/449/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT By Mutapeli Rendani Netshisaulu http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/446/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Uma isibhamu sidubula ngiyathuka. Isibhamu angisifuni futhi angisithandi. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/444/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Isibhamu angisithandi Isibhamu siyadubula Isisbhamu asingiphathi kahle Isibhamu siyingozi Isibhamu kumele usibeke seyifi Isibhamu angisithandi ngoba siyingi By: Zamahlangu Mahlangu Grade 2 student at Ikwezi Junior Primary School gfsa gfsa Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Ndithanda isibhamu. Isibhamu singakusiza uma izigebengu zintshotsha. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/442/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Angisithandi isibhamu ngoba sikufaka engozini futhi sikufaka esigwebeni sentambo http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/441/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The grotesques go as they come They have bags full of calamity With security promises printed on them Printed in bold fonts that make guns seems as bricks Bricks to build personal fortress for our security A gun is not my brick Not my brick to build the walls for my protection If a gun is a brick, The gun wall represents denied access to social security A brick that blocks fords to social safety I am of social safety I am of social security I am the brand that has liberty as a slogan Always when I sign out I go… Yours in community safety By Mpumelelo Xaki Age: 17 gfsa gfsa Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT A Johannesburg school principal is fighting for his life after he was shot in the neck, allegedly by a parent yesterday. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/437/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Sipho Thusi shot and killed his wife and then tried to kill his two children, aged 10 and 7. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/436/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Domestic Violence and the ways of averting it. The National Prosecuting Authority, Western Cape in conjunction with Gun Free South Africa, the Ceasefire Campaign and SAPS Cape town Central will be hosting a 16 Days of Activism programme at the offices of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions on the 9th December 2008. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/435/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT Mpumalanga's politicians have reacted with fury to the police shooting dead a 17-year - old pupil while he was attending class last week. Armed police officers raided the boy's classroom on friday searching for two pupils "reported to have unlicensed weapons". The pupils from the grade 11 class at Manukose High School in Merry People Stream, near Thulamahashe, fled in terror when police reportedly began firing as they charged into the classroom.  Young Sedi Khoza died when a bullet hit him in the face. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/433/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT As part of celebrating 16 Days of Activism on no violence against women and children campaign, The Gauteng Department of Community Safety together with Gun Free South Africa, Gauteng National Taxi Alliance, Gauteng Taxi Council, Top 6 Management, Johannesburg Regional Taxi Association, and the City of Johannesburg are working towards declaring all taxi ranks within Gauteng gun free zones.  This attempt to make taxi ranks gun free zone will be piloted at Faraday Taxi Rank. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/431/language/en-US/Default.aspx Thorsten Neumann Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT A woman a day on average is shot dead by an intimate partner, a seminar on the impact of firearms on domestic violence has heard. About 80% of the guns used are legal. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/432/language/en-US/Default.aspx Thorsten Neumann Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Over the past few weeks we have seen a stream of stories in the press of men shooting and killing their partners and children. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/430/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT A woman was critically wounded when her gun-wielding husband shot her after she leapt out of their BMW during an argument in early morning traffic on Tuesday.  The woman, trying to get away after a heated argument erupted as the couple were driving to work from Samora Machel at about 6.20am, had hurried up to a bakkie nearby and climbed in. Her husband stopped the car near the corner of Oliver Tambo and Vanguard drives in Samora Machel and - by now wielding a gun - pursued his wife, firing several shots at the bakkie's front tyres.  The driver of the bakkie, who had escaped injury, climbed out and fled. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/429/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT The death of four-year-old Gwadiso Belang last week has sparked an outcry, with analysts calling for better gun education for firearm owners. Last week, Uriel Abrahamse, 46, allegedly fired the fatal shot that missed a fleeing alleged cellphone thief, Byron Davids. The bullet ricocheted off a palisade fence and hit four-year-old Gwadiso in the abdomen, killing him. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/428/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT George. – Elke ses uur word ’n vrou deur haar lewensmaat in Suid-Afrika doodgeskiet. Vier uit vyf van dié vuurwapens wat gebruik word, is gelisensieer.  http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/427/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Under strict security from NDF and SAPS a huge truck containing 5767 firearms arrived at the gates of the National Scrap Metal Depot in Kuils River. The contents of hundred of sealed metal containers were laboriously emptied on to the ground under the watchful eye of Sharon Jephta the Western Cape Provincial Firearm Director. With the help of a giant magnet the guns were lifted through the air and deposited into a shod on the way to the furnace for the melt down. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/426/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gewapen met plakkate het lede van die drukgroep Gun-Free South Africa (GFSA) gister die oorlogslied “Umshini Wami” in ’n betoging teen vuurwapens gesing. Die sowat 50 mense het voor die Kaapse stadsaal in die lied gevra dat masjiengewere na hulle gebring word sodat hulle dit kan vernietig.  Daar is onderlangs gefluister dat die groep nie dié liedjie moet sing nie. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/425/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Firearms in the wrong hands wreak havoc on the community and while the police’s destruction of thousands of guns was commended, more should be done to reduce the number of firearms in circulation, Gun Free South Africa (GFSA) said. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/424/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Thorsten Neumann Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT A GRADE 8 pupil who brought a gun to show off was accidentally shot and killed by a 15 year-old friend inside their class at school in Imbali yesterday morning. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/411/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT Guy Lamb examines the contribution of guns to violence in South Africa Click here to view article. gfsa gfsa Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT This paper makes the case for stricter firearms control legislation in South Africa by •  presenting international evidence which shows that stricter gun control legislation can dramatically reduce firearm-related deaths. • arguing that some positive signs regarding homicides and gun-homicides in South Africa may be largely attributable to the implementation of the Firearms Control Act 2000. • urging the South African government to continue to work to reduce public demand for guns, and gives relevant case studies. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/201/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT Recent research conducted for Soul Buddyz, the multi-media edutainment series aimed at educating eight to twelve-year-old children, found that violence is a significant part of children’s everyday lives. This briefing summarises the findings of the research and makes recommendations on how to break the thread of violence in children’s lives by strengthening control over firearms. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/192/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Limiting and controlling the acquisition, possession and use of firearms on the part of civilians is necessary, not only for combating a culture of violence but especially to prevent the diversion of once legally held guns into the illegal market http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/193/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT South Africa’s Firearms Control Act (FCA) allows the police and courts to consfiscate frirearms and firearm licences from people who are unsuitable to have guns, by declaring such people “unfit to possess a firearm”. This can be done when a person has engaged in serious criminal activities, is violent, addicted to drugs or alcohol, or is negligent in storing or safekeeping the firearm. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/191/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT The Firearms Control Act (Act 60 of 2000) is South Africa's gun control law and was promulgated on 1 July 2004.  It sets out how the government must licence firearms. It defines when the particular use of a gun is a criminal offence. Finally, it gives the police and the courts strong new powers to deal with illegal guns. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/190/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Summary of recovery of Lost and Stolen firearms, firearms sent back to owners and firearms destroyed, followed by a list of recommendations for improvement on the subject from Gun Free South Africa. http://gunfree2.clients.intdev.co.za/Portals/gunfree.org.za/docs/Briefings/2%20-%20Recovery%20and%20Destruction%20of%20Firearms.doc gfsa gfsa Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT A 2003 Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation report (Vetten et al) has sounded alarm bells on the growing incidence of intimate femicide in South Africa – with an average of one woman being killed every four days in Gauteng alone. While access to guns is recognized internationally as a key risk factor in intimate femicide, the Gauteng study found that guns are a growing risk factor, and was used in an increasing number of these murders. http://gunfree2.clients.intdev.co.za/Portals/gunfree.org.za/docs/Briefings/1%20-%20Guns%20and%20intimate%20femicide.doc gfsa gfsa Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Overview of Gun Free South Africa’s submission on the regulations being formulated for the implementation of the Firearms Control Act number 60 of 2000. http://gunfree2.clients.intdev.co.za/Portals/gunfree.org.za/docs/Briefings/3%20-%20The%20Draft%20Firearms%20Control%20Act%20Regulations%20(1).doc gfsa gfsa Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Claims that countries with strengthened gun laws are less safe fly in the face of available evidence as well as common sense” - Tim Quigley, law professor at the University of Saskatchewan and a member of the Coalition for Gun Control. http://gunfree2.clients.intdev.co.za/Portals/gunfree.org.za/docs/Briefings/4-%20The%20Canadian%20Experience.doc gfsa gfsa Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Nobody really knows how many illegal guns there are in South Africa. It has been established that some legal guns are in fact used to commit crime but because illegal guns are not subject to the same control as legal guns, the are more likely to be criminally used. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/129/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Discusses the stiff criteria set out by the Firearms Control Act (FCA) tat must be met by would-be gun-owners before they can be certified as “competent” to apply for a firearm licence. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/181/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Discusses how to decide whether a person really needs a firearm for self-defence. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/180/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Latest statistics on Gun-related Deaths and Injuries indicate that Firearm murders as a % of Total Murders have increased from1994 to 2000, even though the total number of murders has decreased! http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/175/language/en-US/Default.aspx kishalya padiachey Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT The Eddie Eagle campaign advocated by the National Firearm Association (NRA) in the USA shifts the responsibility of safety against firearm injuries from adults to kids.  http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/174/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Summarises the major findings of the NIMSS 2000 annual report http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/173/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Summarises the qualitative research undertaken by Antony Altbeker on the transfer of guns – and links this to the implementation of the FCA, particularly competency certificates policing illegal weapons, FFZ’s, the CJS and resources. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/172/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Summarises the FFZ Pilot Project, and gives a progress report as of late August 2001, where facilitators hired and trained, and progress in Gauteng and Western Cape steaming ahead. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/171/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Describes the debates in deciding on a Programme of Action to deal with the “illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects” particularly over broadening the focus of the Conference to include more than the trade in illegal military weapons.  It also looks at some of the key provisions in the draft Programme of Action and the objectives for IANSA during the Conference. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/170/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Describes what each are, and their benefits, also makes mention of audits http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/169/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Continuation of Briefing 31, arguing that ‘more guns’ should read ‘more concealed guns’, that research is flawed methodologically and that findings irrelevant to SA, as SA already has concealed carry laws. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/168/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Urges that police officers hand their service pistols when going off duty. This will reduce both the criminal attacks against police officers, as research shows that criminals often attack the police for their firearms, as well as the suicide rate of police, as their access to a lethal tool will be limited. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/167/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT This Briefing shows that the Firearms Control Bill will not reduce crime in South Africa, but will reduce the violence of criminal attacks because guns will be less frequently used. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/166/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Many GCA members have urged that the age limit be raised from 18 to 21 or even 25 years of age.  This Briefing collates the various reasons put forward by alliance members to explain their call. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/165/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT This Briefing looks at ISS’ evaluation of the rural protection programme, and various CIAC reports on farm attacks.  It argues that exempting farmers from Firearms Control Bill will not enable them to defend themselves from farm attacks, and in fact may spur attacks because criminals will know that farmers have many guns. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/164/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Picking up on the gun lobby’s constant referral to Washington as having strict gun legislation, but high gun crime, this Briefing looks at how states and counties with lax gun laws are the source of firearms that end up in states and counties with strict gun legislation. Reference is made to McKenzie’s research to indicate that a similar process is found in SADC. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/162/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT This highlights the flaws in John Lott’s research, and shows that his findings are not applicable to South Africa, which already has concealed weapons carriage. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/161/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Applies the costs of gun violence developed from the 1993 Groote Schuur study to Chris Hani Baragwanath and Johannesburg General Hospitals.  In a 1 year period these three hospitals treated 4 942 gun injured patients, at a total cost of R151 364 359. This figure is contrasted with the R217 million set aside to implement the Firearms Control Bill over a three year period. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/160/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Argues that not compensating firearm owners for excess firearms is reasonable given that they can apply to the Registrar for permission to keep these as either hunter, sports-shooter or collector, or that they can sell these freely and at market value within five years. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/159/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Highlights the provisions in the FCB which are aimed at reducing and preventing the proliferation of illegal firearms, looks at policing, presumptions, penalties, markings and amnesties. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/158/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Excerpted from an article by Wyndham Hartley, this summarises some of the main points of the FCB. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/157/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Summarises briefly findings from Vienings’ GFZ audit, and the provision on Firearm Free Zones contained in FCB.  Then summarises the recommendations made in audit pertaining to this provision. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/156/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Based on CFR figures, this shows that two thirds of gun owners (67%) own just one third of all firearms, and will not be affected by proposed gun limits contained in FCB.  Further, the other one third of gun owners may also not be affected because may be special category owners.  Written before revised Bill so based on one firearm for self defence. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/155/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Based on Cukier’s input to UN, this looks at the importance of regulating licensed firearms in order to reduce the illicit trafficking and misuse of firearms.  Point made is ‘information is control’. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/154/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Refers to impact of gun ban in UK after Dunblane massacre (1996).  Find a substitution process as air guns replace other firearms in crime.  While gun death rate not affected, hardly surprising considering how low this was.  Point made that stricter gun legislation in UK was making a statement against gun culture http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/152/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Summarises the key points from various GCA submissions, showing that competency certificates, firearm number limits, license renewal and provision for GFZ’s supported.  Requiring changes are issues around the age limit, domestic violence exclusions, need to sell all firearms through dealers and need for all gun owners to undergo training and tests.  http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/151/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Summarises Australia’s new gun laws following Tasmanian massacre (1996), then looks at statistics from the Australian Institute of Criminology, which show that gun deaths and gun robberies have declined.  Reference also made to Tasmania because prior to 1991 had few significant gun laws, so can monitor impact of new legislation. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/150/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Based on HSRC survey, which shows that stricter gun legislation is overwhelmingly supported, and that firearm ownership is viewed as a risk, which is verified by Altbeker’s research in Alex and Bramley. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/149/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Looks at the benefits of community driven gun free zones, using Mapela as an example, and urges that the Minister recognise these spaces so as to afford them legal protection.  Based on Dube’s and Taylor’s presentation. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/148/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Refers to article by Owen Greene in which he outlines ways to reduce and regulate light weapons. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/146/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Identifies schools as war zones and strongly recommends that they be declared GFZ.  Also urges that youth be involved in safer schools programme by referring to Youth Against Crime. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/145/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Reference made to the UK to show that tightened domestic gun controls often spur exports, and that SA must ensure that it doesn’t arm Africa following enactment of new gun law. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/144/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Questions whether US gun manufacturers will turn their attention to SA following slump in domestic gun sales http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/143/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Reference made to inaccuracy of CFR as way of motivating for license renewal, and lists the benefits of this. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/142/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Shows how Arms and Ammunition Act is at odds with democracy, and that it views firearm ownership as a right instead of a privilege.  Urges for the raising of standards for firearm ownership. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/141/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Describes who the GCA is, and what the Charter for gun Control demands. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/140/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Counters claims that Switzerland has high gun rate, but low crime rate. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/138/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Closer look at Botswana’s domestic gun legislation and situation – based on McKenzie’s research. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/137/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT SA out of sync with SADC regarding domestic gun control – based on McKenzie’s research. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/136/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Shows that internationally countries are moving towards stricter gun control. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/135/language/en-US/Default.aspx gfsa gfsa Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Identifies and counters three themes used by gun lobby. http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/134/language/en-US/Default.aspx kishalya padiachey Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Guns as a health hazard, uns and health. health and guns http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/132/language/en-US/Default.aspx kishalya padiachey Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT The Physical, Social and Economic Costs of Gun Violence, cost of gun violence, gun violence http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/133/language/en-US/Default.aspx kishalya padiachey Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Guns and public safety,guns.public,safety http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/131/language/en-US/Default.aspx kishalya padiachey Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT gun violence,economic, cost of gun violence http://www.gca.org.za/YouthGuns/tabid/2211/ctl/Details/mid/6515/ItemID/130/language/en-US/Default.aspx kishalya padiachey Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT