Quote Originally Posted by dontpushme View Post
F*CKING HELL! Your government gives more rights to your criminals than they give you!

My bf's family was robbed last year. The balaclava-clad intruders broke down their front door and bashed into his parents' bedroom, threatening their lives if they didn't hand over whatever the robbers wanted. His dad had a club under the bed but because he couldn't do anything to those f*cking douchebags that your government protects, he couldn't do anything to protect his family and they had to spend a year in counseling and are still all feeling very unsafe in their own home. They live in Greater Manchester, btw. I don't care for jokes about how one place is safer than other places in the UK right now. All I know is no UK residents are safe in the knowledge that they can protect themselves if they ever get threatened. Stupid laws protecting horrible crooks and hurting countless people every year!

Grr! This is a joke! Your government officials need to be replaced. And I suggest asking any potential candidate what they plan to do about the unfair advantage the crooks are getting. This is all a big crock of bull-f*cking sh*t!

Sorry, I'm just fuming that the people who hurt Matt's family are still at large and there was nothing the family could do to protect themselves. I'd have broken both arms of the first guy to point a knife at my family and pulled his f*cking nuts off, or for more "reasonable" force, I'd have kicked him in the knees to tear his ligaments! Then I'd have chased anyone else with a baseball bat!

I don't condone vigilantism or committing manslaughter even after you've already disarmed an intruder. But I will never support allowing homeowners to be terrorised left and right by intruders who feel smug because the law is on their side. NEVER.
Really great rant but a distortion of the facts.

The law in UK DOES ALLOW ONE TO PROTECT THEIR LIFE, THAT OF ANOTHER PERSON, THEIR PROPERTY AND THAT OF ANOTHER.

What it does not allow is unreasonable force to do so. Reasonable force can include force which results in the death of the attacker, but as I said, each case is considered on the facts of that case.