Home invasions by youths carrying melee weapons such as knives, axes and machetes is becoming common In Australian cities. What is different today is that the youths are quite ready to use the weapons, as the attack upon rugby star Toutai Kefu and his family have indicated. The attack occurred at 3 am in the morning, and the attackers were not concerned about people being home, being willing to fight, stabbing, slashing and chopping the entire family.
Clearly, people will need to move to the South African mode of living, by hardening homes, and not leaving signs of affluence visible from the street. It is not perfect, but a hardened home, which cannot be easily broken into, gives time to ring the police, and get ready. And what if the police cannot get there in time, or one lives out in the more rural areas, where you are essentially on one’s own? It would be nice to have a right to self-defence, wouldn’t it?
