This is practically a daily occurrence now, in fact many rapes & attacks may go unreported. Here in NSW Australia it is illegal to carry anything with which to defende yourself, no sprays, no batons, no tasers, & of course no guns. The new 2017 National Firearms Agreement also states that firearms may NOT be used in defence of self, family or property in home invasions. We are left defenceless unless we can find something in the house with which to defend ourselves, and even then it may not be enough against superior odds.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/35268395/sydney-man-charged-over-12th-sex-attack/#page1
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An assault on our right to self-protection.
In legal terms, Australians have a right of self-defence. While some
states rely on the common law and others have it enshrined in statute, the
right itself is never questioned. Moreover, juries consistently refuse to
convict those charged with serious offences whenever self-defence is made out.
What we don’t have is the practical ability to exercise that right.
Possessing any object specifically for the purpose of self-defence, lethal or
non-lethal, is a criminal offence. There are many women, raped and/or murdered,
who would have been liable to prosecution had they been carrying anything that
might have saved them.
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