Kudos to the police for this one! A suspicious vehicle was stopped and searched before an unbelievable rifle and ammunition were uncovered.
A 17-year-old boy from Florida was fatally shot by police after pointing an air-powered pellet gun at motorists and cops.
Two Ezakheni men wrapped up lobola negotiations but ended up sleeping in police cells instead of their homes for carrying illegal firearms.
These firearms were recovered as a result of police-initiated operations, crime combating, and also following up on tip-offs from the community.
Police seized unlicensed firearms, ammunition and a Mini Cooper when they arrested five suspects on the N3 freeway on Monday.
The police destroyed nearly 25 000 firearms, including 3610 rifles, 3038 shotguns and 17 383 handguns in Gauteng on Thursday.
The DA say that the proposed Firearms Control Bill must be scrapped outright, and accuse Ramaphosa of passing the buck on gun possession.
President Ramaphosa said on Thursday that he believes that owning a firearm should always come down to defending yourself.
Concerns about the proposed draconian firearm control rules have got gun owners worried that the state is seeking to disarm citizens
Police Minister Bheki Cele hiked the budget for VIP protection for politicians by R1,7 billion and now wants to remove citizens’ firearms.
‘The Firearms Control Act…grants no such right to citizens either, owning a gun in this country remains a privilege’ – Cele on gun control
Previous amnesty saw almost 47 000 firearms being turned in despite the lockdown. Police expect more to be surrendered now.