Gun Free South Africa

Campaign

#GunsoutofHand

With an average of 24 legal guns entering the illegal market every day and 30 people murdered by guns daily in South Africa, guns are out of hand.

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With support from the Commonwealth Foundation, GFSA launched the #GunsoutofHand campaign during Global Disarmament Week 2022 to tell the stories of ordinary South Africans whose lives have been instantly shattered by a gun.

Through the #GunsoutofHand campaign we want people to say, ‘yes, that happened to me too’. If people speak up about how guns got out of hand in their life, maybe they can stop just one bullet. Or many.

Join the #GunsoutofHand conversation on social media, and watch our #GunsoutofHand videos here:

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Guns are out of hand

Gun violence comes from many sides: murder, mischance, mistakes… but every shooting is avoidable – if there was no gun at all. With support from the Commonwealth Foundation, GFSA launched the #GunsoutofHand campaign during Global Disarmament Week 2022 (24-30 October), to tell the stories of ordinary South Africans whose lives [...]

27 October 2022|