CNN Attacks South Africa's "Gun Culture"

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CNN Attacks South Africa's "Gun Culture"

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by drawing parallels to the USA, then admitting that the stricter laws in SA don't work, yet seeming to suggest that we should adopt them. I'm not quite sure what this article is trying to accomplish, though it is clearly anti-gun and poorly written. There are lots of violent break-ins, yet people are paranoid for protecting against them...
Oscar Pistorius claims that when he heard noises in his home, he mistook girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp for an intruder and accidentally shot her with his 9 mm pistol.
Plausible? The courts will decide. In the meantime, the killing has highlighted South Africa's history of gun violence and high crime. And it's shown the world that many South Africans live with a palpable, almost paranoid, fear of having their homes broken into.
In 2012, more than 50% of South Africans told the country's police force that they're afraid. The number of home burglaries across the country of 50 million have more than doubled. They totaled 9,063 in a 12-month period spanning 2002/2003; seven years later, it was up 18,786. And in a similar period ending in 2012, reported break-ins dipped to 16,766, according to South Africa's crime reporting body, the Institute for Security Studies.
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There must be an end to this intimidation by those who come to this great country, but reject its culture.
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