One way to slow the death rate down is to cut the number of illegal guns in circulation.
Police statistics in SA show a worrying trend: the increased use of illegal small arms and light weapons in the country’s problem of violent crime.
Eight unlicensed firearms were found in a home in Boksburg North, Johannesburg on Thursday, Gauteng police said.
The National Assembly’s police committee on Tuesday recommended the green light be given to a proposed amnesty for surrendering illegal firearms.
Campaigners pressing for tougher controls on the sale of guns in the United States notched up a big victory this week when Wal-Mart, the country’s largest seller of firearms,…
