Burglar Killed - Householder deserves a medal

[les_taxi]

But he did get convicted of murder and was probably fortunate that it was reduced on appeal to manslaughter. He said before the event that he would kill burglars in future (thus he proved his intent to kill) and he shot the burglary in the back, so he was not being threatened. He also lied about the circumstances of the shooting.

Good on him, As usual we turn part of the blame onto the person who's home is being burgled.
He said all this as he was sick and tired of the number of burglaries and as mentioned before lack of policing.
I get sick of hearing the word "reasonable force" is it reasonable I break into your house with the intention to rob you,scare the crap out of you and your family,take away all you have worked for,give you and your family bloody nightmares for the rest of your life.(can't imagine how it affects young children)
It's not and I'm not afraid to say on here or anywhere else what i may do if it happened to me.
The law should protect me and my family full stop.

[johncar54]

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The law should protect me and my family full stop.

It is and that is why it protects burglars too and why it prosecutes burglars too.. At present within the UK people cannot take the law in to their own hands. If that changes so be it but until then the law is the law.

There is another side to this argument.

Some of those who shout the loudest that we should be allowed to kill people who commit crimes against us and that offenders should be sentenced to longer and tougher sentences, are often the same ones who shout the loudest about alleged police abuse of power and how they convict the wrong people.

De we really think that members of the public being allowed to take the law into their own hands would be more competent to judge who is guilty or not guilty?

It is difficult to be right in all cases.