South Africa Attempted Murder Rate Rising to 100 a Day
Gun control. That's the answer.
October 6, 2015
Daniel Greenfield
Putting Communist terrorists in charge of a country didn't work out as well as anticipated. South Africa continues breaking new ground... in violent murders.
Rates of violent crime increased for a third year in a row in South Africa, sending a worrying signal that violence has become a characteristic of Africa's second-largest economy. According to official crime statistics, South Africa's murder rate had increased by 4.6 percent.
It's 2015. It's not a signal anymore. It's history.
But a 4.6 increase is still a real achievement. It shows that South Africa can continue moving forward... just don't ask where.
"There are still high levels of violence and aggression in our society and this is a serious concern," Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko told parliament. He added that poverty and inequality, as well as the prevalence of firearms contributed to the high number.
Sure. Gun control. That's the answer.
Nhleko also stressed that a 10-year trend showed a decline in overall crime. However, according to the statistical date, armed robberies, burglaries and South Africa's infamous carjackings had actually increased, while reported sexual offences, assaults and car thefts were decreasing.
Maybe there are no more cars left? Or all the cars already have flamethrowers built in?
According to the Democratic Alliance (DA), the biggest opposition party , at least 17,805 South Africans were murdered last year alone - an increase of 782 deaths from the year before. The number marked a rate of 49 murders every day on average in a population of 54 million, in addition to almost the same number of attempted murders last year - 17,537.
That's more than the total murder rate in the US, which is a whole lot bigger than South Africa. Next time you get a lecture from a leftie on our "shocking murder rate", tell them that we're still doing better than the left's experiment in running a country.
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