Reply #3: For what it's worth.......

[Pert_UK]

you'd never hear me arguing against law-abiding members of South African society being able to buy guns. This is because SA has one of the highest numbers of murders, assaults and rapes anywhere in the world, and where there is a genuine and realistic chance that general citizens will find themselves in a violent situation that they could not have avoided.

I do not believe that the same applies in the UK, and I doubt that it really applies in the US. South Africa is a wonderful country but unfortunately its crime is completely out of control.

Having said all that, it's only recently that one of SA's world class rugby players shot one of his children dead when she tried to sneak off in the family car early one morning and he thought it was being stolen.......Yes, it was his fault but it would never have happened if he hadn't had a gun.