The High Court decided that legal owners of firearms according to the Act of 1969 will still be the legal owners after 30 June 2009. The reason is that the new Act of 2000 might be unconstitutional and will be tested in the constitutional Court in a few months time. I have done everything in my power to safeguard my few weapons, but all the licences and permits are not issued yet. My receipts would have been my proof of ownership.
For the ones that did not try to renew, de-activate or sell or give away the weapons, this is good news as they cannot be arrested on 1 July 2009 anymore. They are still in trouble, but they now have more time to make a plan. I think they would have battled to arrest a million law abiding citizens, who became criminals because of changes in the law.
We will see what will happen. We have wintertime now, so I had the braai or barbeque a few months back to celebrate. See photo!
Piet
