How else can you protect yourself from losing your hi-fi equipment, TV and computer, watch and rings? A house gun, like a house cat, is a fact of everyday life in many cities around the world as the twentieth century comes to a close, particularly in South Africa. At this time, Harold, the successful and well-respected executive director of an insurance company, and his doctor wife, Claudia, for whom violence could never be a means of resolving personal conflict, are confronted with something they could never have imagined happening to them: their son has committed murder. What kind of love do a mother and father have for a son who has committed such atrocities? What have they done to influence people?