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The Congress of the People held is public consultation on Stand Your Ground legislation on Saturday.

The meeting sought to break down the fundamentals of the proposed law in lay man's terms....

Nicole M Romany reports
Transcript
00:00political leader of the congress of the people prakash ramada says criminals must understand
00:06they have no protection and citizens have every right to defend themselves he stressed that the
00:13law should reflect that unambiguously and i want the legislation ultimately to be so simple that
00:21those who intend to invade without lawful authority by definition they can invade with with lawful
00:28authority that they must know that they have no protection and that the citizen has every right
00:36and do not wait for a moment because i am looking at your hands but i do not know how quick you could
00:42draw what you have behind your back and in a turn i am the victim however ramada warns the citizens
00:49that they must exercise care and a good judgment if they own firearms it is an instrument of death
00:58and the moment you put your hand on your license firearm your life changes forever let me tell you
01:04as lawyers i've done so many cases so many and big big men crying like baby all the big bad and robust
01:12and they're macho with a gun when they in trouble and they realize what has happened right even in
01:18self-defense legitimate self-defense when it dawns upon them i've just killed another human being
01:24that is a sky tower accident you cannot imagine one day on the road attorney at law vishan jiwa stresses
01:35that the sense of safety within the home has all but disappeared as home invasions have become
01:41disturbingly frequent he notes that many of the perpetrators are heavily armed violent and show no
01:48regard for human life he explains that the bill is intended to level the playing field by giving
01:54citizens the legal means to protect themselves their families and their property the attorney notes that
02:01the proposed law covers a wide range of offenses including grievous bodily harm sexual assault rape
02:09robbery theft destruction of property and murder he adds that the legislation also makes provisions for
02:17other circumstances that may arise there's also provisions within process where aggravating factors
02:25exist such as if a gang member commits a home invasion or the home invasion targeted children it
02:33protects the senior citizens in the country and also the differently abled or if they use weapons in the
02:41home invasion as well that is an aggravating factor the aggravating factors
02:50puts the woman vader sets the woman vader to face an increased penalty of up to 25 years
02:58imprisonment and a final 750 000 of us and former head of the national operations center and currently a
03:06regional security consultant gavin heera is urging citizens to participate in the consultations don't
03:14see the consultations as a political meeting we are still wearing a kind of t-shirt in our mindset
03:21it is not a political meeting what it is is citizen engagement nicole m romany tv6 news
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