Police sabotage lawful and prospective firearm owners by means of poor service
15 September 2021
The details outlined in a recent news report (Wapenlisensie hernu ‘soos Matriek skryf’, Netwerk24: 15 September 2021), of how people have to stand in long queues at police stations every day to fill out applications for new firearm licences or the renewal of their existing licences while only 20 applications are processed per day, are absolutely unacceptable.
This is nothing but a method to undermine or sabotage law-abiding citizens, who want to renew their firearm licences in time and within the constraints of the law or who want to apply for a new licence, by creating needless delays in service at police stations.
I am inundated on a daily basis with complaints from people from all over the country claiming, among other things, that the designated firearm officials at police stations are not doing their jobs properly and, in some cases, even fail to keep appointments made ahead of time.
This creates the impression that there is a countrywide attempt to wear firearm owners down and discourage them from obtaining a new firearm licence or renewing their existing licence.