in certain states of the US you can shoot and kill an intruder to your property. here in the UK the chances are you would be prosecuted for damaging a burglar who was unarmed-it is my beleif that we should be allowed to defend our homes as we see fit with immunity from prosecution-so for example if i catch a scroat trying to break into my car i can administer instant justice and all the police will do is take him to the local hospital-your thoughts please.
2007-07-15 10:38:35 · 7 answers · asked by tony c 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
i am not interested in actually killing an intruder-but i beleive i should be given the right to disable an intruder whether he is armed or not.
2007-07-15 10:59:25 · update #1
I am in total agreement with you . if someone damages my stuff in front of me or tries to break and enter i belive we should be able to defend our own belongings.
2007-07-19 05:58:40 · answer #1 · answered by busted 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true that in America you have the right to use deadly force to defend your life, liberty, and property. However, you must also use only that force you deem necessary to accomplish this. If you kill someone who is not a threat to you simply because they were trying to steal your car, you will go to prison, and for a lot longer than if you lived in the UK. You'll have to give evidence that the "scroat" would have rather hurt you than comply. Only then can you "defend yourself." The same is true if someone enters your home (whether you own it or rent it) - You will have to show to the court that based on the circumstances, you felt compelled to shoot. It's a mistake to call it immunity, is it true you cannot defend yourself in your own home in UK? That's hard to believe.
2007-07-15 10:48:44 · answer #2 · answered by smartr-n-u 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I truly feel sorry for you Brits in so many ways but you allowed it and you continue to allow it to get worse and worse.
You just don't get IT until It is totally gone and then you won't be able to get IT at all.
You're partially correct. State laws have jurisdiction and in some places you may defend property using deadly force and in some states you may openly wear firearms in public.
These by the way are by far the lowest crime states in the nation. The skewed and misappropriated stats of the anti gun lobby would like you to believe that some great number of people die from gun deaths each year in the US when in reality many times more die individually from Household poisonings, medicine overdoses of prescription and OTC. Household accidents, Suicide, Poisonings from cleaners and solvents. Medical Malpractice, Misread and improperly filled Prescriptions. Each one of these alone kills many more times as many as gun ownership ever does in any given year in the US. Creating bizarre, hypothetical and hysterical one in a billion potential circumstances as dramatic illustration is an ineffective but common tactic of people who have no substance but only passion to draw on for their case.
2007-07-15 10:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by kjh4129 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are mixing two things.
In the US you can use deadly force to defend yourself and other people. So if someone breaks into your home you can shoot to kill. Because you are defending yourself and your family.
In the US you can not use deadly force to defend your property. So if you look out the window and see someone breaking into your car you can not shoot him. Nor can you set up spring loaded guns in abandoned buildings.
2007-07-15 10:45:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having grown up in England, and now living in the US, I would have to say "no"; that argument is the one most often given here defend people's right to keep guns in their homes, and guess what? If you have a gun in your home, it is hundreds times more likely that it will kill you than it will kill an intruder. Usually it's a wife or husband who gets drunk & angry and blows their partner to Kingdom Come. (Look it up).
Either you believe in "due process" or you don't. What if the man you hit over the head with a crowbar as he charges in through your front door is a neighbour being pursued by a homicidal maniac with a chainsaw? Or a woman attempting to escape being raped? What if it's a mental patient whose medicine ran out and they're having a psychotic episode? Would it be reasonable for you to beat them up now, and ask questions later?
Unless laws apply equally to everyone at all times, they have NO value whatsoever.
2007-07-15 10:54:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Personally I think you should have that right but I also think you should be able to have firearms. However, since I am not a citizen of the UK, it's strictly an opinion.
2007-07-15 15:14:00 · answer #6 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
But according to the Democrat Party, we have NO Right to defend our home or family.
That can only be done by authorities.
That's one reason that Democrats want to ban citizens from owning guns.
Democrats believe that Criminals, just like Terrorists, have Freedoms & Rights than can not be infringed upon.
2007-07-15 10:43:42 · answer #7 · answered by wolf 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋