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Revolt in South Africa?

Frustrated gun owners are considering mass suits in court. From Independent Online:

There has been growing anger among gun owners and lobby groups who say new regulations make it virtually impossible for citizens to obtain gun licences.

Martin Hood, the South African Gun Owners Association (Sagoa) spokesperson, said the safety and security ministry must brace itself for a barrage of court actions.

The Freedom Front has also threatened to launch a constitutional court action against the government, which it says is systematically disarming law-abiding citizens under the new Firearms Control Act.

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As a result, he said, many affected licensed owners were contemplating taking the legal route in the form of the Promotion of Access to Information Act to force the government to furnish reasons for refusal to grant a firearm licence or renew it.

"As an association we are all for responsible gun control and ownership but constitutionally the process must be fair," said Hood.

He said the new Act was alienating many law-abiding responsible gun owners who "out of frustration will resort to underhand means to get firearms to protect themselves".

Abios Khoele, the chairperson of the Black Gun Owners Association, said many renewal applicants were increasingly becoming frustrated at the prospect that their renewal applications could be turned down.