The reinterpreation has met with resistance from some firearm owners.

Over the past few decades, legislation had become increasingly restrictive for firearm owners and from 1995 until 2012, all firearms were required to be registered.

In South Africa, all firearms owners are required to get a license to own firearms.

Answering this tragedy by punishing law-abiding firearms owners, however, is misplaced justice.

They call for universal licensing of firearm owners, much as drivers are licensed, with no "grandfather clauses."

Other evidence argued by Metzner included the fact that Sabir was a legal firearms owner.

With that they are against the registration or licensing of firearms or law-abiding firearm owners.

Prosecutors argued that Morgan was actually afraid the officers would discover his expired firearm owners identification card.

In recent years, this particular firearm has become popular with regular American and Canadian firearm owners.

"Don't restrict all the responsible hunters and responsible firearm owners because of one stupid act by one person."