SELEBI GRILLED OVER MISSING FIREARMS

This is yesterday's post.

Oh wow! The crime was much worse "The level of crime was much higher when we had the rugby world cup here than today"! I wonder how the families of those victims of crime would react to that - it definitely isn't better than it was! I suppose though, that it is in keeping with Thabo's 'ostrich head in the sand' approach that he has towards HIV AIDS and CRIME in general. If 'he' doesn't see it then surely it can't be there!

I digress however, this is about missing guns! What is going to end up happening here is that the only people who will be left with guns are the criminal element. They will have purchased their guns, at their leisure, from the piles of guns that law abiding citizens have been forced to give up in the name of legislation. The police, most of whose guns have been either 'ligitimately stolen' and/or sold and then reported stolen, will therefore also have no fire power and fun will be had by all an sundry

The true victims, will lose their 'victim' status and the criminals will gain the title of victims!

Well, isn't that what is happening all over the country, if not the world at the moment?
Think about it!

Selebi grilled over missing firearms
Johannesburg, South Africa
27 January 2007 07:39

Police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi came under fire in Parliament on Friday for inadequate control of firearms and problems over police vehicles, South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported.

An Auditor General's report showed the number of stolen and lost firearms had tripled. The Democratic Alliance's Eddie Trent said the firearm-control register and negligent-loss certificates could not be provided. Selebi said the police service was on track in some areas as it tightened controls, filled vacancies and spent all its allocated money. "This year every firearm will be specifically marked to prevent theft."

He said police often complained they did not have enough cars to patrol and investigate cases. "This is not so and a new system will prove it." The system will enable police officers to account for each vehicle in the South African Police Service. "We will realise when someone had shopped at the mall for two hours and came out with plastics instead of a person they arrested," said Selebi. He said security worries over the 2010 Soccer World Cup were being exaggerated. "I do not know why there is such a frenzy about 2010 because it will come and pass just as the Rugby World Cup and Cricket World Cup tournaments passed.

"The level of crime was much higher when we had the rugby world cup here than today," he said. Parliament also complimented the police force for a much improved report from the Auditor General this past year, the broadcaster reported. -- Sapa