Zimbabwe outlaws self loading gun ownership

[Paladin]

http://www.zimobserver.com/newsdetail.a ... le_id=1166

"Zimbabwe outlaws self loading gun ownership, says report
by STAFF EDITORS (6/25/2005)


Zimbabwean police have outlawed the possession of automatic weapons and ordered people to surrender them to police stations before the end of the month, the Herald newspaper reported Saturday. Police gave no reason for the immediate withdrawal of licenses for self-loading rifles, machine guns and pistols, according to report.

"We would like to urge the people to fully co-operate with the police and those who will remain with these weapons would be contravening the law," police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena told the paper.


Harare police spokesperson Inspector Jessie Banda said the firearm licences for such weapons had been withdrawn with immediate effect.

"Police would like to advise members of the public that firearm licences of the following weapons, self loading weapons, G3, FN 7,62 mm rifles and scorpion pistols have since been revoked in terms of sub section (7) of Section (6) of the Firearms Act (Chapter) 10:09," she said.

"Possession of the above listed firearms is now unlawful. Members of the public are being urged to surrender these firearms to their nearest police stations by 30 June 2005. They will be issued with an issue voucher upon surrendering the firearm," said Insp Banda

No figures were given on how many of the country's 11.6 million population own automatic weapons. Armed robberies have been increasing amid worsening economic hardships.

Last month, the police launched "Operation Restore Order", a controversial crackdown on the black market and illegal structures, which has seen 46,000 people arrested and tens of thousands of shacks and backyard cottages destroyed in towns and cities nationwide.

President Robert Mugabe said Friday the operation would last until the end of August."

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We've seen this pattern before: licensing/registration and then confiscation

[stevie_d_64]

Check "IANSA's" website...

I think they might say something about this...

They don't need these types of weapons over there anyway...

If you scrape two sticks together, and dance a silly jig, those lions and tigers and bears...Oh My! Run away...

[stevie_d_64]

Kinda makes you think that "licenses issued" can be "licenses revoked" fairly easily...hmmmmm...

[stevie_d_64]

Here's the gateway to insanity...

http://www.iansa.org/

Tread boldly, brothers and sisters...

[stevie_d_64]

Interesting list...

http://www.iansa.org/un/firearms-protocol.htm

[SRVA]

If I were doing what Mugabe is doing to the people of his country, I'd want them disarmed also...

[gigag04]

that's almost as outrageous as siezing private homesteads for private economic development.

oh wait.....

[CaptDave]

Wishful thinking, but here goes anyway:
It says the "police" are ordering the weapons to be turned in.

With any luck at all ( a lot of luck actually) the police are doing this on their own in advance of a coup to overthrow Mugabe.

If you're not up to speed on what Mugabe has done to his county and his people ie: seizing all the white owned farms (most of them huge parcels of land which used to be responsible for most of the country's GNP and "re-distributing" the land to squatters and rebels just to keep himself in power, you need to educate yourself. He has taken an African country that was actually doing pretty good on it's own and raped it down to just about nothing for his -and his only- personal gain.
Maybe the "Christians In Action" are helping "behind the scene" in this one.

Like I said, wishful thinking on my part.
This guy is a joke, albeit a scary one.