A BLANKFIRING WEAPON is a NON-LETHAL alternative to a firearm. They look like replica’s of real firearms, they feel, sound and work the same.

They use blank cartridges for firing are blank or they use pepper. Blank Guns are only to be used in self-defence.

A Blank is a type of cartridge for a firearm that contains gunpowder but no bullet or shot.

Blanks use paper or plastic wadding to seal gunpowder into the cartridge.

When fired, the blank makes a flash and an explosive sound (report), the wadding is propelled from the barrel of the gun, and the firearm's action cycles.

The weapon has an angle piece in the barrel hence NO PROJECTILE can be fired out of the barrel. This is what makes blank guns and blank/pepper ammunition legal.

The law DOES NOT require a person to have a LICENCE and as thus, they ARE LEGAL to carry around in South Africa for self-defence.