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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