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26th May 1995
THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO
SELF-DEFENCE
In response to your invitation I wish to record the
following:
- The
right to self-defence is inalienable;
- The
right to self-defence becomes meaningless if the right to carry weapons is
denied;
- The
nature of any action taken in self defence will be dictated by the threat posed
and it is an established fact that violent crimes
in South Africa are invariably
committed with weapons of some sort;
- To
restrict the rights of law-abiding Citizens to bear arms in self-defence, would
leave them defenceless against the criminal element
who would, in any event, not
abide by legislation restricting the carrying of weapons.
- The
right of every South African to keep and bear arms must be entrenched in
the new Constitution.
M. Webster
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