Crime in SA | Class action case over illegal guns

CAPE TOWN - Gun Free SA says they are planning to take legal action against the police for selling illegal guns to criminals.

It is claiming damages for deaths and injuries resulting from corrupt and negligent firearm management.

READ: Gun Free SA says stronger gun control is needed

The suit follows an admission by a senior SAPS officer who confessed to selling over 2,000 confiscated guns to gang leaders on the Cape Flats.

Action Society's Ian Cameron says this matter adds to the lack of trust between communities and the police.