The family was &ldquo;deeply concerned&rdquo; about the comments Henke Pistorius made to the British newspaper The Telegraph, the family&#39;s publicist said in a statement. Henke Pistorius said his family&rsquo;s 55 guns were for protection against the high crime levels against whites under the ANC government. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/mar/oscar-dad.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 378px;" /> Henke Pistorius attends Oscar&rsquo;s bail hearing. PIC/AFP But family spokesman Arnold Pistorius said that &ldquo;the Pistorius family own weapons purely for sport and hunting purposes.&rdquo; &ldquo;The comments doesn&rsquo;t (sic) represent the views of Oscar or the rest of the Pistorius family,&rdquo; he added. Prosecutors have charged the Paralympic and Olympic athlete with the premeditated murder of Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine&rsquo;s Day. Pistorius denies this, saying he shot Steenkamp repeatedly having mistaken her for an intruder. Police recovered a 9mm pistol at the scene of the shooting. Several reports of the double amputee&rsquo;s fascination with guns have emerged since his arrest. Henke Pistorius&rsquo; interview had not been cleared with the family&rsquo;s &ldquo;media liaison team&rdquo;, said Arnold Pistorius. Meanwhile, the ruling African National Congress rejected Pistorius&rsquo; remarks &ldquo;with contempt&rdquo; and described them as &ldquo;racist&rdquo;.u00a0

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The family of star sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, yesterday rejected his father's assertion that South Africa's high crime rates necessitated gun ownership

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