MR PRINSLOO
I respectfully submit Mr Chairman, that it was not the decision of the applicant in the first instance, to destroy the weapon.  It was somebody else's decision.  It cannot be placed before the applicant, but in as far as someone else's decision is concerned, in order to destroy that weapon, the circumstances dictated to what to be done.
	Their decision was to get rid of it unless to be detected, because the applicant had to go to hospital.  Surely if you end up in hospital, it would come out that you had been shot.  It would be the duty of the Doctor to report it and that is what happened.  He was then detected.
	Will you then retain that?  There is no evidence with respect Mr Chairman, exactly when this weapon was thrown away.  There is no direct evidence as to who the decision was taken by.  It appears to be by Van Rensburg or somebody, or Van Schalkwyk, and it was then carried out by Van Zyl.