Burglar Killed - Householder deserves a medal

[dontpushme]

Maybe you consider that a distortion of facts, but any time an intruder breaks into a home, the homeowner should never be more afraid of getting arrested for trying to defend himself. Breaking into a home, the intruder is more likely to be prepared for a dangerous encounter than the homeowner, especially if the intruder directly confronts and threatens the homeowner. Unfortunately, as you said, each case is different. "Unreasonable" is also subjective. If I were a father who had a knife at my throat while someone tried to rape my daughter, I'd rather be arrested for killing the two bags of sewer scum than let anyone destroy the life of my child by standing there mulling over the fact that someone in court could reason that simply twisting my attacker's arm to get myself and my daughter away would be more "reasonable" since neither of us actually got hurt in the encounter. Maybe it's just the 3 years I spent in southeastern USA (where everyone legally has at least one gun in his truck and/or house), or maybe it's just that I've always been taught to defend the weak, but I do not agree that your law is "reasonable".

[johncar54]

Maybe you consider that a distortion of facts, but any time an intruder breaks into a home, the homeowner should never be more afraid of getting arrested for trying to defend himself. Breaking into a home, the intruder is more likely to be prepared for a dangerous encounter than the homeowner, especially if the intruder directly confronts and threatens the homeowner. Unfortunately, as you said, each case is different. "Unreasonable" is also subjective. If I were a father who had a knife at my throat while someone tried to rape my daughter, I'd rather be arrested for killing the two bags of sewer scum than let anyone destroy the life of my child by standing there mulling over the fact that someone in court could reason that simply twisting my attacker's arm to get myself and my daughter away would be more "reasonable" since neither of us actually got hurt in the encounter. Maybe it's just the 3 years I spent in southeastern USA (where everyone legally has at least one gun in his truck and/or house), or maybe it's just that I've always been taught to defend the weak, but I do not agree that your law is "reasonable".

I said, Distortion because, for example Quote "All I know is no UK residents are safe in the knowledge that they can protect themselves if they ever get threatened."

That is not correct because,

The law in UK DOES ALLOW ONE TO PROTECT THEIR LIFE, THAT OF ANOTHER PERSON, THEIR PROPERTY AND THAT OF ANOTHER and, as I said I worked on a case where a person killed one of three men who attempted to rob him and he was not prosecuted for anything.