A Labor backbencher has offered to take the Deputy Opposition Leader outside for a dose of capsicum spray to the face, during debate over changes to legislation that will allow transit security guards to carry and use the spray on people riding buses, while also telling Parliament he’s been sprayed himself.
Member for Fannie Bay Brent Potter told CLP Deputy Leader Gerard Maley that he has been sprayed with capsicum spray in the past, but did not provide details of the circumstances, and offered to spray Mr Maley after he had raised concerns about the security guards being armed with the spray while details from the legislation are missing.
The Labor party should not think that OC spray is a good thing they should hang their heads in shame that they have allowed the lawlessness to get to this stage we have to give security guards the stuff in the first place
Using OC spray on a moving bus would be asking for trouble. Not to mention the increased risk of the spray getting into the wrong hands during a scuffle with security.
Good god these people have no fucking idea. OC spray inside a confined environment not affecting nearby people. Hell even the users are affected. Not to mention, is every bus going to have a security guard with tools to combat knife violence? The reality is id feel very unsafe being a security guard with OC spray vs. someone who had a knife and was intent to cause injury or death. OC spray is not immediate yet the time it takes to swing a knife into a vital body part is almost immediate. I know that i could severely injure, maim, or kill quicker than the effecr of OC spray kicking in. Brent Potter is a halfwit…someone please OC spray him in front of camera.