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Originally Posted by DaMaGe007
I was under the impression that in America you have the right to shoot someone who enters your property ilegaly, in UK and Australia you dont.
Is the part about america correct ?, If it is the law generates a different thinking about these things.
Recently in Australia a guy stabbed a burgler, and he got into trouble for doing it.
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Not all states have the same laws regarding illeagal entry into ones home. Although in many states the owner of the home has every right to defend his/her life and property his/her use of a firearm it is not an affirmative defense in some states, because the state has left him/her defenseless by not allowing him him/her to own a firearm. The criminal entering the home of course is in a far better position because he/she doesn't obey the law to begin with.
It is unfortunate that people become the criminal by protecting their lives and home in some states.