South Africa Court “It is NOT a Right to Own Firearms”
By Ammoland
South Africa – -(Ammoland.com)- Yesterday morning, 7 June 2018, the Constitutional Court (by Froneman J) delivered judgment in the matter where SA Hunters and Game Conservation Association (SA Hunters) in the North Gauteng High Court sought, and was granted a ruling that sections 24 and 28 of the Firearms Control Act, No. 60 of 2000, were constitutionally invalid.
The trial court had found the provisions invalid on the basis of their being (i) irrational and vague; (ii) breaching the right of equality; and (iii) in violation of the protection of property rights in the Constitution.
The Constitutional Court ruled that neither of the provisions was irrational or vague since the constitutional validity of the licensing process and the criminalization of unlawful possession upon termination of a license was unchallenged and that, accordingly, “non-compliance with the licensing process (was) leading to unlawful possession and criminalization”. Justice Froneman was rather critical in his approach where he said: “The gun-owner knows that he must either apply in time for renewal or dispose of …Read the Rest
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