This is such hysterical hyperbole I don't know where to start.
Where do you live that you fear for your safety in public? Even in Otara you won't run into trouble in public.
Shop owners not having guns is a good thing. The last thing we need is an escalating arms race between shop owners and criminals. Violence begets violence.
This is such hysterical hyperbole I don't know where to start.
Considering you don't know where you live, how do you know what I am saying isn't true?
Where do you live that you fear for your safety in public? Even in Otara you won't run into trouble in public.
Have you lived in Otara? Or have you just been there a few times, found you weren't immediately beaten up, and decided it was an alright place?
If you're an Aucklander I consider Auckland CBD a pretty safe place, big police presence. But even then you have endemic violence problems, ie asian students getting mugged in that park outside Auckland Uni.
Shop owners not having guns is a good thing. The last thing we need is an escalating arms race between shop owners and criminals. Violence begets violence.
Petrol station and dairy robbings are common, usually for cigarettes. People would absolutely think twice if they were armed and could legally defend themselves.
Where do you live that you fear for your safety in public? Even in Otara you won't run into trouble in public.
Shop owners not having guns is a good thing. The last thing we need is an escalating arms race between shop owners and criminals. Violence begets violence.