Hello From South Africa
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:35 pm
Greetings,
Firstly, I am not a gun nut, if anything I am a self-defence (SD) nut. I consider my gun(s) as merely tools to ensure my own safety and that that of those I love, and/or respect. That said, I also choose to defend the rights of all and any other gun owners for whatever -legal- purpose they have chosen to purchase a firearm as I consider them brethren. I have been involved in SD rights via various South African gun Orgs for more than twenty years and have occasionally been forced to deal with our government (South Africa) up to Ministerial level for one Org in particular. I have selected to visit this Indian Gun-owners Forum for a few reasons, firstly to research for myself the history of your gun Laws for personal socio-academic purposes -although I am not an academic- or rather more importantly how your Gun Laws have affected the populace generally since the British disgracefully disarmed you during colonial times, specifically the effect on both the armed and the unarmed sector of society. This is in order to broaden my knowledge of how the anti-gun lobby functions in other countries and correspondingly how the pro-gun lobby overcomes this assault on something that most of us consider to be a Universal, Fundamental and Common Law, Ancient Human Right, i.e. that of self-defense. Simultaneous to this exercise, I intend to study -and hope to learn from- your apparent successes in recently raising political awareness amongst your own ruling classes, as that, -to date at least- has proven rather difficult within our own framework. I have no intention of entering into any dialogue with anyone wishing to discuss the pro or cons of gun ownership, only those that support 'gun rights' unequivocally and indeed actively spend at least some time in furthering those Rights. In closing, I find I must commend you on introducing me to the 'flogging-a-dead-horse' smiley, I confess I could have used it many times in the last few years and find solace in using it now.
Yours In Common Cause,
Martin L Hedington.
Johannesburg,
South Africa
Firstly, I am not a gun nut, if anything I am a self-defence (SD) nut. I consider my gun(s) as merely tools to ensure my own safety and that that of those I love, and/or respect. That said, I also choose to defend the rights of all and any other gun owners for whatever -legal- purpose they have chosen to purchase a firearm as I consider them brethren. I have been involved in SD rights via various South African gun Orgs for more than twenty years and have occasionally been forced to deal with our government (South Africa) up to Ministerial level for one Org in particular. I have selected to visit this Indian Gun-owners Forum for a few reasons, firstly to research for myself the history of your gun Laws for personal socio-academic purposes -although I am not an academic- or rather more importantly how your Gun Laws have affected the populace generally since the British disgracefully disarmed you during colonial times, specifically the effect on both the armed and the unarmed sector of society. This is in order to broaden my knowledge of how the anti-gun lobby functions in other countries and correspondingly how the pro-gun lobby overcomes this assault on something that most of us consider to be a Universal, Fundamental and Common Law, Ancient Human Right, i.e. that of self-defense. Simultaneous to this exercise, I intend to study -and hope to learn from- your apparent successes in recently raising political awareness amongst your own ruling classes, as that, -to date at least- has proven rather difficult within our own framework. I have no intention of entering into any dialogue with anyone wishing to discuss the pro or cons of gun ownership, only those that support 'gun rights' unequivocally and indeed actively spend at least some time in furthering those Rights. In closing, I find I must commend you on introducing me to the 'flogging-a-dead-horse' smiley, I confess I could have used it many times in the last few years and find solace in using it now.
Yours In Common Cause,
Martin L Hedington.
Johannesburg,
South Africa
