1. Disarm Citizens

2. Criminals Victimize Citizens

3. Citizens Arm Themselves

Rinse. Wash. Repeat....

There’s a street in Melbourne’s outer south-eastern suburbs where weapons have become a way of life.

“Residents ‘round here are arming up,” one local, identified only as ‘Joe’, told A Current Affair.

“Baseball bats, nail guns, compressed air homemade machine guns that shoot paintball pallets. On this stretch of road, people are petrified.”

Joe and his neighbours patrol the streets at night, on the look-out for burglars and suspicious activity.