The right to defend yourself in your home
 

Once again this story hits the headlines again.

Granted we will not know the outcome of this case until November any how on the radio phone in today people rung in telling there story's and most of them got a period in prison from one month to a year or more and most were fined. If a person or persons enters your property illegally they have crosses the line from citizen to criminal, what are you to do when you face them? Have tea and biscuits and help yourself to my stuff, of course not. Your thinking about yourself or your wife and children this person could be a house breaker to a killer so you are going to put up a fight and stop them, and yet in this country you face being punished for defending your home and family.


The Government say, we have the right to defend ourselves and yet in law there is no hard facts laid out, it's all a grey area. So when the heck is this grey area going to be resolved? This year? Next year? Ten years from now? or most likely never as there are too many bleeding heart liberals working hand in glove with the EU laws.

The contentious issue is the use of 'excessive' force if defending yourself.

However, if someone tries to have it away with my DVD collection or anything else for that matter (which I've worked hard to pay for) after having smashed in my back door, then I regard no force as excessive enough in stopping them, because they bloody well asked for anything they got. And if I was on a Jury for a case such as this, I'd recommend giving the homeowner a medal, not a fine or custodial sentence.

The law is indeed 'an ass' a lot of the time.

:D Chock

Move to Texas where it is legal to shoot any one trespassing on your property all you need is a "trespassing" sign or a fence. It doesn't mater if it's excessive or not.

God Bless Texas:rock:

They have to be inside the house though. Just on the property isn't enough.

Yeah Steed it's the same over here. Really pathetic when you aren't supposed to protect your own home.

Edit: This is what recently happened in my state; http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/24/hom....ap/index.html

One less burglar in the world, I don't see a problem.

Give the guy a medal.

If anyone broke in to my home one thing is for sure they are going out in a wooden box.

Great. :down: I am expected to put up the white flag, say take what you want, keep my mouth shut and let some scummy crook terrorize my family in the process. :nope:

Pretty much - but you fogot the part where you tell your would be intruder to 'Stop - give me a minute while I call the cops. Then you can proceed with your breaking and entering and stealing and killing.'

-S

No problem
Beat the cr@p out of the intruder then dump the body a few streets away

Whats he gonna say ?
I was burgling **** and got beat up ?

Worse - he is going to get a lawyer and sue you for everything you're worth. Its cheaper and better for society to just shoot him.

In most US states you are right. In order to use deadly force you have to be in fear of your life or the have someone inside your home. But in Texas the law allows one to use deadly force to protect property. It's origins come from the wild west in regards to horse rustling. Because of Texas' size and remoteness if one was to steal/kill the horse it would present risk of death.

One law that i wish was still on the books was if a husband came home and found his wife cheating he was legally allowed to kill both. Women did not have this right.

Don't forget Wooly the law will back the scumbag to the hilt, your going down as well, so go all the way and rid the world of one more scumbag.

I'm scanning my room, trying to find something that's worth killing over.

.....not really.

There's self-defence, and then there's wooden-box talk.

This has become commonplace in the U.S. now. The law refuses to prosecute the criminal or lets them off with only a slap on the hand while clamping down on the ability of citizens to defend life, limb, and family from violent criminals. We are fast becoming a police state.

http://www.abc15.com/news/local/stor...5EE7C&gsa=true

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/...our_lives.html

Police State? Maybe

I'm trying to reconcile defense of property with the idea of burglary resulting in death.