This would be bad satire if it weren’t true. From Fighting Crime the 11th Century Way….:
Tighter gun ownership laws are pushing South Africans to buy crossbows, spears, swords, knives and pepper sprays to protect themselves from violent crime.‘We’ve had to build an entirely new shop because the demand from people is so great,’ Justin Willmers, owner of Durban Guns and Ammo, told Reuters. ‘It can be anything from a Zulu fighting spear, battle axes, swords, crossbows.’