Owning a gun in South Africa offers some safety, but risks run high for users and society: expert
The Small Arms Survey has calculated that South Africa is ranked tenth globally in terms of licensed firearm ownership
28 April 2024 - 21:03
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/estimates-of-rates-of-homicides-per-100-000-population) in the world, eclipsed only by Honduras and a handful of Caribbean island states. Furthermore, South African police crime data (https://www.saps.gov.za/services/crimestats.php) shows that South Africans experience above-average levels of robbery, assault and rape...
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