Governments and police are tackling weapons in public – but they’re ignoring it in our homes
- Written by Janet Ransley, Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
AVN Photo Lab/ShutterstockAbout half of all serious weapons-related violence in Australia happens at home as part of domestic and family violence.
The weapons most used in these incidents are kitchen knives.
Yet new laws around the country overwhelmingly focus on public knife offences: most states and territories have toughened rules on carrying kniv...
