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Changes to Proposed Firearms Law a Mixed Bag for Gun Owners

6 March 2006

Business Day (Johannesburg)

After years of controversy, millions of legal gun owners, rendered vulnerable to prosecution by the Firearms Control Act, are welcoming the news that the act's onerous re-licensing provisions could soon be changed due to massive administrative complications. The full implementation of the act, in July 2004, and the start of the relicensing process at the beginning of last year, resulted in massive backlogs at the Central Firearms Registry. Last year Safety and... (GunPolicy.org)

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