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The Sowetan
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Dear Sir
Mr. Selebi is obviously out of touch with reality
and more obviously has not bothered to read or understand the Firearms Control
Bill.
Whilst Mr. Selebi may be pleased with the draconion
powers given to the police his ANC comrades in KwaZulu Natal have expressed
wonder, anguish and disbelief at the current ability of the police to make
warrantless searches for firearms. He should read the Department of Safety and
Securitys' report on the police abuse of powers in Search and Seizure before
making such obviously selfserving statements.
The FCB adds no new crimes for the possession of
illegal firearms. It adds no new differentiation between illegal and legal
firearms. Will cost many times the incredibly poor estimate of R217 million
which could be better spent on resources and salaries. Will not aid the capture
of a single extra criminal.
The Firearms Control Bill is about ideology. It
will not meet any claim made for it by the government and can have only one
result. Increased crime as has been shown by every implementation of gun
control.
Why the government is intent on making the lives of
citizens even more miserable by giving crime a boost is the question that
should be answered.
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