“”During the height of white-minority rule in the early 1960s, political organizations such as the African National Congress embarked on an armed liberation struggle and formed uMkhonto weSizwe, the Spear of the Nation.
This was beginning of the love affair of anti-apartheid activists with the AK47.
To this day, many black people perceive the Kalashnikov as a symbol of liberation.
The liberation movements said they took up arms because the apartheid government encouraged white citizens to arm themselves against “die swart gevaar” (the black threat).
The authorities instilled a fear that there was something lurking in the shadows, that somehow marauding black crowds would come and take over their prized possessions.
This is how ordinary suburban men acquired guns to protect their families.””
...guess the time has come.
Everybody! Read post 48 again - and again.