The former South African president has told how he buried the weapon on the farm where he was hiding at the time.So when they came for his gun, he defied them and kept it hidden.
He and other ANC leaders were later arrested on the farm, and were jailed for their work against apartheid. Mr Mandela was freed in 1990.
But now that he's on the ruling side, he's all for disarming everyone else, even lending his likeness and signature to gun turn-in certificates.