Attzs warns against ‘privatisation of violence’ bill

In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tor Dr Mar­lene Attzs has crit­i­cised the Gov­ern­ment’s Home In­va­sion Bill, call­ing it the “pri­vati­sa­tion of vi­o­lence” and “the out­sourc­ing of the state’s most sa­cred du­ty to thou­sands of fright­ened, un­trained, un­sup­port­ed in­di­vid­u­als”.

Con­tribut­ing late last evening to the Sen­ate de­bate on the “Stand Your Ground” leg­is­la­tion, Dr Attzs said, “we are de­bat­ing this bill that places re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for ad­dress­ing the (crime) scourge on in­di­vid­u­als.”

The Bill, which the Sen­ate will con­tin­ue to de­bate on Fri­day, crim­i­nalis­es home in­va­sion and seeks to em­pow­er oc­cu­pants of homes to law­ful­ly de­fend them­selves, oth­ers, and their prop­er­ty.