Police fail to confiscate firearms from domestic violence perpetrators, report finds

Words: Mary-Anne Gontsana / GroundUp There is insufficient protection for women who face domestic gun violence, according to a report by the Remove the Trigger campaign, launched at the Saartjie Baartman Memorial Centre in Athlone on Tuesday. In the majority of cases where women are murdered, the perpetrators are their intimate partners. In about 30% of these cases, there was a … Continue reading Police fail to confiscate firearms from domestic violence perpetrators, report finds