Some owners are dubious about whether their surrendered weapons will end up in the correct place
Police believe these numbers will fall if there are fewer firearms in the country, not more. That is why the police minister has introduced another firearm amnesty, the fourth since democracy. It started on December 1 and will last for six months.
Some South Africans have come to question this capacity while others insist their weapons are safer with them than with the police., brought by Paul Oxley, chair of Gun Owners SA , a judge agreed that there are shortcomings. “I am satisfied that on the weight of the evidence it is clear that dishonest and untoward behaviour in certain ranks of the police at certain locations when it comes to the guarding and handling of firearms has become the order of the day,” the high court ruled in 2018.
Assuming a capacity of 15 rounds per magazine, that is enough bullets to fill the pistols of every one of theWith a further estimated 450,000 firearms with expired licences in the country, the high court also questioned whether the police would be able to meet its obligations should all of these be surrendered.
Oxley points to the high court ruling that reads that the police are not allowed to seize a weapon “for the sole reason that the licence of such a firearm has expired”. Therefore Oxley insists that a gun owner can reapply for a licence at any time, even after expiration, while criminals are unlikely to surrender unlawful weapons due to the risk of prosecution.
Gun Free SA acknowledges the challenges the police face. When it welcomed the latest amnesty, it called for independent observers “to ensure oversight and transparency and to identify problems”.Despite these concerns, the organisation said that when implemented well, a firearm amnesty “holds the potential to begin reversing SA's gun violence crisis”. But it is difficult to gauge its effectiveness.
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