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25-06-2011, 11:13 PM   #1

Reasonable force?


Anyone seen this and any thoughts, such as what is reasonable force to defend your home? and would you think 4 masked men breaking in is "just a break in"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-13885457



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26-06-2011, 10:33 AM   #2

Re: Reasonable force?


As I've said many a time, anyone foolish enough to break into my house deserves everything they get! My hubby would kill them, simple as!



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26-06-2011, 04:28 PM   #3

Re: Reasonable force?


He got what he deserved; asking for trouble and got it. Bravo homeowner ... what ever happened to the dictum that a man's home is his castle? That idiot who said if you're being broken into, call the police ... what nonsense, you could be dead waiting for them! And it saved the State the expense of a trial.



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27-06-2011, 06:40 PM   #4

Re: Reasonable force?


I have to admit that the older I get the more right wing I become. I am sick to death of how the system repeatedly fails people. It seems to me that criminals have all the human rights while people like you and me have very little.



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27-06-2011, 07:55 PM   #5

Re: Reasonable force?


Agree with others, I'm afraid. He should not have been there, so got what he deserved really.



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28-06-2011, 10:57 AM   #6

Re: Reasonable force?


Like you Elaine, I'm getting more angry with the liberal wishy-washy attitudes that prevail that makes the innocent victims look more like the perps!
Woe betide those who hurt my family- I'd be an avenging angel they wouldn't want to cross.



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28-06-2011, 03:30 PM   #7

Re: Reasonable force?


depends on how quick I could get to my shotgun cabinet



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28-06-2011, 04:32 PM   #8

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It's because the system is failing us all that the BNP and SNP are growing in numbers, I find that eaqually scarey but something has to give...



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28-06-2011, 04:38 PM   #9

Re: Reasonable force?


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Originally Posted by Elaine
It's because the system is failing us all that the BNP and SNP are growing in numbers, I find that eaqually scarey but something has to give...
Agreed, then the liberal left wonder why you get vigilante action. The law MUST be seen to be done. I notice the scumbag who got killed was already on bail for bulgary



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