Gideon Joubert: ‘I enjoy guns; not only for protection but as avatar for civil liberty'

Founder of Paratus, Gideon Joubert tells the harrowing story of escaping a hijacking, jumping out of a moving car to escape his attackers. Joubert says he realised that he couldn't rely on the state for his personal safety. In this interview with BizNews founder Alec Hogg, Joubert sets out why he is in support of gun ownership and discusses the problem with current firearm legislation in South Africa. The airline pilot believes that our firearm legislation - which is among the strictest in the world - has made the process of procuring a firearm licence expensive, laborious and overly complicated. 'I believe that we should treat firearms the way we treat vehicles, pertaining to a legislative and registration point of view.' Current legislature requires an individual who wants another firearm to apply for another licence. Joubert believes there should be one licence for the firearm owner, who can then have various firearms registered under his name. 'You as an individual become the licence holder. All of your firearms are then placed on an electronic register under your name. This, says Joubert, will create an 'efficient, fair and practical system of firearm licencing.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices