A Phillipine family of seven were tied, beaten and robbed by six armed men during a home invasion in the early hours of November 4, just metres away from the Prime Minister's house. They now look forward to the proposed stand-your-ground legislation and owning a firearm to give themselves a fighting chance should they ever face a similar ordeal.

Sitting outside his modest Whispering Winds home built and nurtured through 35 years of hard work as a farmer, Vijay Ragoonanan, 53, adjusted the shades he is now forced to wear until his eye heals from injuries sustained in the attack. The Prime Minister's house is a mere stone's throw away.

When he retired to bed with his wife Betty Jagdeo, 47, and five children on November 3, he never dreamt he would endure the worst nightmare of his life in just a few hours.