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SCHOOL VIOLENCE: Under fire: Gun in a school backpack — why search-and-seizure operations aren’t enough

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SCHOOL VIOLENCE: Under fire: Gun in a school backpack — why search-and-seizure operations aren’t enough

The arrest of two high school learners in Atlantis after an unlicensed firearm was found in a schoolbag adds a disturbing dimension to South Africa’s school violence crisis.

But there is a broader question: how are firearms reaching learners? And what is being done to stop them?

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