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Originally posted by xenophobic
guns are illegal? my father owns several licensed shotguns in the U.K.
what is reasonable force in the same situation?, the same year sixty-seven people were murdered in their own home by burglers!
The father of the burglar who was killed in Tony Martin's house just went to jail for fourteen years for armed robbery, his son had 29 criminal convictions ranging from theft to assault on the police at the age of 16, the other burglar had 33 convictions ranging from theft, to wounding.
So a 57 year old man, who was law abiding, only wanted to live in peace on his own property goes to jail for murder, this is a man the law should have protected, and yet career criminals have more right than him?
whilst killing a man is not a solution to a problem, how long until he was murdered in his own home by burglars who were determined to fleece him of his property?
The law failed this man, I hope it doesn't fail you too.
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Considdering we have lower crime rates than the US, I don't think you have a valid reason to criticise the way we deal with criminals.
Property can be replaced, lives can't. Guns lead to a more violent society.
I disagree with a licence to kill anyone who breaks into somebody else's property. There's noting wrong with a good smack on the head with a baseball bat, but when somebody doesn't have a gun, shooting them dead on the steps is going too far.