Adjunkspeaker, daar word nou oral in die land beroepe gedoen deur vooraanstaande persone wat s dat daar strenger vuurwapenwetgewing moet wees as gevolg van geweldsmisdaad in Suid-Afrika.
Die ANC is aan die voorpunt daarvan en s daar moet kragtiger en strenger wetgewing kom.
Die VF Plus s dat u uself mislei as u dink dat u wettige vuurwapeneienaars gaan beperk. As u 'n gemeenskap ontwapen, dan is dit presies wat die misdadigers wil h en dan styg misdaad. Die studies hieroor is al gedoen. Die groot probleem is onwettige vuurwapens en as 'n mens gaan kyk dat, in 'n tydperk van vyf jaar, die SA Polisiediens, SAPS, meer as 18 000 vuurwapens verloor het, dan moet die vraag gevra word: is dit waar die probleem l? Misdaad eskaleer as gevolg van politieke inmengery in die polisie en die strafregstelsel, en dit moet eers reggestel word voordat daar gekyk word na privaat, wettige vuurwapeneienaars, want hulle is nie die probleem nie. Dankie. (Translation of Afrikaans member's statement follows.)
[Dr P J GROENEWALD (FF PLUS): Deputy Speaker, calls are now being made across the country by prominent people for stricter legislation on firearms due to violent crime in South Africa.
The ANC is at the forefront of this and they are asking for stronger and tougher legislation.
The FF Plus is saying that you are deceiving yourself if you think that you can limit legal firearm owners. If you disarm a community, that would be exactly what the criminals want and then crime would rise. Studies have been conducted in this regard.
The big problem is illegal firearms and if one considers that the SA Police Service, SAPS, has lost more than 18 000 firearms in a period of five years, the question should be asked: is this where the problem lies? Crime escalates due to political interference in the police and criminal justice system, and must first be rectified before one should consider private, legal firearm owners, because they are not the problem. Thank you.]
