Each adult citizen can own a total of 2 guns. The guns laws after the Afrikaneers lost power of government have become totalatarian at the least. I am sure these laws are not heavily enforced ,since illegal guns are not hard to find in Africa. I am sure most South Africans themselves have well over 2 guns per person, especially seeing they may need it, looking at it is one of the most dangerous places in the world. Johannesburg has the highest murder rate of any city in the world.
Dude. Please post facts.
Under the new law, one can get licences for four guns, being two long and two short, or shotgun, two rifle, one handgun -- if you're not "dedicated".
To become "dedicated" you need to be a member of a sporting, hunting or collectors organisation. Then, there's no limit (in the law, in practice, they start getting edgy around 75 or so, it seems).
No, Johannesburg doesn't have the highest murder rate in the world. 'smatter of fact, last time I looked Cape Town lead JHB. I *think* CT is at#2 worldwide. Not sure.
And that soccer mum didn't have an AK, 'cos the white guys had R1 (FN) and R4s, and the black guys had AKs, with the result that only collectors in SA have AKs (OK, and the bad guys, but that's not the point). I would believe someone having an R5 (semi only R4) 10+ years ago, for guarding kids. But that was a different law.
Look at
www.gunownerssa.org.
Edit : Thanks, nutter
And Nelson and Winnie Mandela operated independently from pretty much when he went to jail 'till now. He learned a lot in jail, Winnie went on doing her own thing. I think one can honestly say that Madiba was reformed by the penal system.
Now Robert McBride, head of police up north, he's a bad one.
Another edit : the guys over on levergunscommunity.com send an expedition out here every year. Hunting's good.