A gun by any other name...
Gill Gifford
February 26 2008 at 03:10PM
A notice for public comment in this month's Government Gazette proposes that virtually any article regarded as a potential weapon be outlawed.
The notice prohibits people from carrying a "dangerous weapon" in public or a place to which the public has access, as well as the carrying of a replica of a firearm at a gathering or demonstration or political rally or meeting or polling station during an election.
"Objects which are in the opinion of the (Safety and Security) Minister (Charles Nqakula) dangerous weapons" are defined in the document and include BB and airsoft guns, bows and arrows, spear guns, blow pipes and darts, sling shots, swords, etc.
Read the full story in the print edition of The Star on Wednesday (February 27, 2008).
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