The Kagiso Police have expressed their concern at the fact that a number of firearms in and around the Kagiso policing area have landed in the wrong hands.
“According to section 3 of the Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000, no person may possess a firearm unless he/ she holds a licence, permit or authorisation issued in terms of this Act for that firearm,” explained Captain Solomon Sibiya, spokesperson for the Kagiso Police in a recent statement.
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“As police, we are obliged and always committed to honouring our mandate, which is to make sure that all inhabitants of the country are and feel safe,” said a concerned Kagiso Police station commander, Brigadier Themba Maduna.
The statement explained that keeping the community and the country’s residents safe requires the police and law-abiding citizens to work together on this matter.
“The public’s role is minimal and effortless, and consists of providing information about firearms that end up in the wrong hands,” said Sibiya.
He added that they receive complaints of armed robbery, house robbery, hijackings and murder on a daily basis. Firearms are used in all these contact crimes.
“The situation has become worse as cheeky perpetrators sometimes commit such crimes in broad daylight in the full view of the public,” he said.
That is when the members of the public have to become the police’s eyes and ears. He explained that the responsibility falls on everyone to make sure that illegal firearms are removed from the streets, saying that reports can be made anonymously.
“Let us all stand up and make our areas safe by simply calling our nearest police station about illegal firearms. Let us work closely with our legal community structures and wipe out violence from our space,” said Maduna.
