A second female lawmaker in Australia is threatened days after alleged car attack

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man was charged on Thursday with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car.Nunchucks are a controlled weapon used in martial arts consisting of two or more batons joined by a cord, rope or chain, according to Western Australia state law. Nunchucks can only be carried in public in the state for use in legitimate sports, training or martial arts instruction.The incidents are heightening concerns about female politicians’ safety and security in a country where lawmakers are highly accessible to the public.Man charged with entering lawmaker's office with nunchucksProsecutors said in a Perth court on Thursday that John Lawrence Smart, 56, was screaming when he entered Western Australian state government minister Hannah Beazley’s electorate office in suburban Perth on Wednesday, demanding to see her while holding above his head two pieces of wood tied to