Jonathan, I coincidentally was talking to two expatriate South Africans today about this subject. Firearms were formerly licensed and restricted to the 'whites' by custom and law. If you were 'black' obviously knifes would become a alternative weapon with restrictive measures to deter their carry. Most of Kenya's classic hunting rifles are now in the USA after their general confiscation to avoid access by revolutionary groups. Now laws are being passed to keep historical pieces from the Boer war and colonial period from being exported. Stupid? dumb? YES. As an aside, my friends were a Jew and Zulu. I sat there like a dummy listening to Afrikaans <img src="images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />