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Important information regarding Draft Arms Rules 2015

Dear Friends,
We are writing to solicit your support in ensuring that the upcoming the ARMS RULES 2015 do not lead to increased harassment and hardship for all citizens.
The reasons for seeking amendments to these rules are many:-

a) These rules will make acquiring licences next to impossible as well as owning/ storing/ carrying/ using licensed arms irrationally restrictive, thus significantly increase the harassment of law-abiding citizens.
b) Air-guns, paintball markers, blank-firing guns, replicas and even Diwali toy guns are to be now be treated as firearms, subject to the full force of the law – including the need for arms licences and the same penalties as those for owning illegal firearms.
c) Even little children who own and play with airguns or cracker guns will now become criminals under law if these rules get notified, as possessing these will require an Arms Licence, just like any other firearm, subject to the same limits and penal provisions.
d) Furthermore there are to be increased hassles for all license holders at the time of arms license renewal.

108 MPs write to PM – News update

Dear NAGRI members/ supporters,

It has been a while since we posted any updates on the activities NAGRI has been undertaking, so it’s time to apprise everyone of what has been going on in the last few months. The efforts to sensitise appropriate members of the bureaucracy as well as the political leadership are carrying on and we have been recently getting encouraging responses from many such people who had previously shown outright hostility to our cause.

Guns for Peace

During colonial times British imperialists had disarmed the entire Indian nation – to further their own agenda. However, 63 years after independence, the rights of our citizens are once again being trampled over – this time by our own democratically elected government!

All citizens have the natural god given right to self-defence, which recognised by the Indian Constitution as well as the Indian Penal Code, however this right is meaningless without the right tools of self-defence!

सरकार ने स्वयं-सुरक्षा को अमीर और शक्तिशाली नागरिकों तक सीमित किया

इस वर्ष जनवरी में माननीय सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने अपने फैसले में साफ किया कि प्रत्येक भारतीय नागरिक को अपनी स्वयं-सुरक्षा का अधिकार है | शर्म कि बात यह है कि इसी दौरान हमारी अपनी सरकार ने इस अधिकार को व्यावहारिक रूप से अमीर और शक्तिशाली नागरिकों तक ही सीमित करने कि ओर कदम उठाये |

स्वयं-सुरक्षा का अधिकार हर नागरिक को यह हक़ देता हैं कि वह अपने और अपनी संपति को अपराधिक हमले से बचाने के लिए पूरी शक्ति का इस्तेमाल कर सके | यह अधिकार केवल स्वयं-सुरक्षा तक ही सिमित नहीं है , यह नागरिकों को एक दुसरे कि मदद करने का भी हक़ प्रदान करता हैं | हमारे माननीय सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने यहाँ तक कहा है कि भारतीय नागरिको को कायर नहीं होना चाहिए और डट कर अपराधियों का सामना करना चाहिए | यह अधिकार केवल कोर्टों और नियमों तक ही सिमित नहीं हैं , हमारे संविधान का अनुक्षेद 21 हर नागरिक के जीवन और आज़ादी के अधिकार को पूरी तरह से पहचानता हैं | ना ही यह कोई नई धाररणा है , यह अधिकार हर युग और हर सभ्यता में नागरिकों का एक मूल हक़ माना गया हैं | इस अधिकार का यह मतलब नहीं है कि सरकार हर नागरिक के जीवन, आज़ादी और अधिकारों कि सुरक्षा के उत्तरदायित्व से मुक्त हो जाये, बल्कि यह उन सब अधिकारों में से है जिन की सुरक्षा का उत्तरदायित्व हर सरकार पर हैं |

Ministry of Home Affairs limits right to self-defence to only VIPs

In January this year a bench of the Hon’able Supreme Court of India passed a landmark judgement upholding every Indian citizen’s right of self defence. Ironically, during the same time period, our own government was feverishly working behind the scenes to limit the practical availability of this right to the rich & powerful elite of the country.

Right of self-defence is the justified use of force to protect oneself and one’s property from criminal attack. It also extends to the use of force to protect one’s fellow citizens from such an attack. Besides finding a place in our criminal & case law, it also flows from our constitutional right to life & liberty, as per Article 21 of the Indian constitution. This natural right to self-defence is not a new concept, it has been recognised wherever civilisation has existed – across all cultures and right through the ages. However, this in no way negates the states responsibility to strive to protect every citizens person, property and liberties, on the contrary this is one of the many rights of every citizen that the state is tasked with protecting.

NAGRI Inaugural Meet

The first meeting of the National Association for Gun Rights India (NAGRI), took place on 17th January 2010 at the Habitat Centre, New Delhi. What follows is a brief summary of the meeting:

The weather gods don’t heed the best laid plans, and come Sunday, Delhi saw some of the worst fog of the season. Traffic was backed up for hours and most morning trains & flights were cancelled/ delayed/ diverted. Despite this initial setback, the vast majority of our enthusiastic invitees braved the conditions and made it to the venue in time for the meet.