Ditsem! @Frederick Bernal, you just advanced to level 1!

SA gun laws are causing chaos at the moment.

https://www.facebook.com/paratus.info/videos/2069221056668370/

What part of the firearm is considered the “gun” itself in SA?

In the US and in Canada just the receiver is the firearm

Everything else can be acquired with out a license or permit in general

In the UK it is the bolt, and trigger mechanism

Or is it the case that in SA every component is regulated?

Im just asking on GOSA facebook group.

Ok

Hmm

From what I can find it seems “main firearm component” means the barrel, frame, receiver, slide, bolt or breech-block of a firearm

That is more onerous than what the UK has to deal with

Huh

Those CAD files would still be very resourceful for those with the right tools and equipment though

What is your source for info on componet regulations in SA?

One second

https://www.saps.gov.za/services/flash/firearms/legislation/gov_notice_english.pdf

Page 6

Right at the top

Basically under definitions

Further I found more info on a forum on the topic back in 2012

http://www.gunsite.co.za/forums/showthread.php?28076-Barrel-Replacement

Barrel needs to be registered with your license it seems

Thanks Frederick

Well enjoy the CAD files, for educational purposes

Ditsem! @Frederick Bernal, you just advanced to level 2!

Its stupidly difficult to get a gun licence now, my cousin needed a police officer to sign his form and in the police station a black officer said "why do you need a gun? your going to kill my people with it?' and tore it up.

That is stupid

yaman and the irony is that we all had guns and handed them over in the amnesty

It would be interesting to know those numbers

I imagine some people held back some

Even here in Canada when we had 4-5 million licensed people only half opted in the new licensed system

That was back in the 90s

will never get them all, also i suspect that they sold alot of them to criminals or 'lost' them

The RCMP screwed the pooch on the registry as well as half of the data got scrambled

So there are a lot of firearms off the reserve

They aren’t being used in crimes though

More likely to have been tucked away in SA

Depending on the circumstances for each owner at that time

oh no i mean the police sell the confiscated ones