An unholy amount of unlicensed firearms are doing the rounds in South Africa. “Destroying” these rogue guns may be the best way to prevent crime.
Each year, 9 July marks the UN’s Gun Destruction Day, which aims to raise awareness about the amount of illegal firearms that end up fuelling crime across the world. The timing could not be more poignant in South Africa, following a brutal weekend of gangland violence in Cape Town.
A total of 13 people were murdered over the course of two days in Philippi – a bloodbath which has since prompted government intervention from Minister of Police Bheki Cele. The area is blighted by gangsterism, and locals have been protesting against their dire living conditions since the beginning of last month.
Gun crime in South Africa and murder rates
Gun Free SA – a lobby group which advocates the removal of guns for public use – believe that the destruction of all unlicensed firearms would see
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