Police Minister Bheki Cele announced a six month national firearms amnesty which would begin on December 1. Gun Free South Africa said it would be South Africa’s fourth amnesty drive since 1994.
Johannesburg - Police Minister Bheki Cele has announced a six-month national firearms amnesty which will begin on December 1.
!n 1994, amnesty was afforded for just one day, on December 16, and on that day 900 firerarms were voluntarily handed over along with 7000 rounds of ammunition. Gun Free SA said previous statistics showed how effective amnesty drives were for the government to recover unwanted guns, illegal and unauthorised guns.
Gun Free SA director, Adele Kirsten, said South Africa could reverse its gun violence crisis if it into limiting the flow of new firearms. “This concern is based on various incidents in which weapons handed in for destruction were leaked from police stores back onto the streets.
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