Despite Nelson Mandela Bay police recovering 150 illegal firearms over the past three months, experts believe it is a drop in the ocean as there seems to be a constant flow of firearms into SA’s criminal underbelly.
Melanie Kiel, is still mourning the death of her son 10 years after he was killed with an illegal gun, and is one of the nine families who are part of a class action lodged against the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Western Cape High Court.
Gun Free SA has launched a class-action lawsuit against the police on behalf of families whose loved ones were shot dead and injured by guns that SAPS had earmarked for destruction.