Dipping Into South Africa's "Gun Pool"

Johannesburg - About 17 000 police firearms were reported lost or stolen between 1990 and 2003 - about 1nbsp;000 [as appearing in original--DC] a year or 108 a month...

"I can't say how many of the firearms reported lost or stolen by the police have been used in violent crimes, but I know that the police use Z88 service pistols. These firearms are one of the types used regularly in violent crimes..."

So the government that can't control the weapons they've appropriated wants people to believe controlling privately-owned weapons will make everything all better in terms of "gun crimes".

And remember--those are only the missing firearms "reported."