Research shows South Africa’s gun law has saved lives, made country safer
Evidence that South Africa’s Firearms Control Act (2000) has saved thousands of lives and made South Africa safer was publicised at a seminar hosted in partnership with the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum and the Institute for Security Studies. The research presented by Dr Richard Matzopoulos and Professor Naeemah Abrahams shows that over 4,500 lives were saved from gun violence […]
Guns fuel violent crime: Gun Free SA’s response to 2014-15 crime stats
Corruption in the firearms control management system is driving South Africa’s year-on-year increase in violent crime. Firearm-related fraud and corruption has channelled guns into the wrong hands, which is fuelling violent crime in South Africa, as the latest crime statistics released today show. Annual police statistics reveal that violent crime has steadily increased since 2012, with the 2014/15 police stats […]
Gun Free SA, Sonke Gender Justice and Women’s Legal Centre launch campaign “Know the Law, Use the Law, Save a Life: Domestic Violence and Dangerous Weapons”
As we celebrate another Women’s Month in South Africa, violence against women continues unabated. For many families there is little cause for celebration: the family of Sowela Nkuna, killed by her police husband in Alexandra in June this year and the family of Reeva Steenkamp, as the person responsible for her death, Oscar Pistorius, is due for release after less […]
Applaud SA destruction of firearms on International Gun Destruction Day
Gun Free SA applauds the state’s destruction of firearms today, International Gun Destruction Day. Today’s destruction represents an act of solidarity with all those whose lives have been devastated by gun violence, it demonstrates South Africa’s compliance with international practice regarding the destruction of firearms, and ensures that they can never find their way back into circulation – to kill, […]
Marikana’s Farlam Commission fails to save lives by banning R-5s in crowd control
Social justice activist organisation Amandla.Mobi and Gun Free SA are deeply disappointed that the Farlam Commission of Enquiry’s report into the 2012 Marikana massacre makes no recommendation to prohibit R-5 rifles – the assault weapon used by police to kill 34 miners – in Public Order Policing.
STATEMENT: Marikana’s Farlam commission fails to save lives by banning R-5s […]
Police leaving service guns at work would save lives
Gun Free SA urges government to protect police and their families by legislating members to leave service pistols at work when off duty. Gun Free SA’s call follows the shooting to death of 5 people on Wednesday night, when a police constable shot and killed his girlfriend, two of her relatives and a police colleague at Alexandra police station as […]
