In light of what Jack Straw has been saying, please answer A, B, C or D
If someone breaks into your house through the night, and you wake up and hear them but dont know if they are armed, do you
A: Sit tight and wait till they go to phone police.
B: Go and confront them with just your bare hands
C Use some sort of weapon to stop them, but not to excess
D Grab a baseball bat and beat them to a pulp
Personally, I think that once they cross my door, they are threatening my family and my property and they will get whats coming to them, and I would expect not to be charged with anything.
2007-09-27 10:07:25 · 18 answers · asked by duck surprise 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Of those options, C.
I think the law has it about right - you have the right to protect people and property. You don't have the right to carry out revenge beatings and killings.
The only recent occasions when people have been found guilty of charges after confronting burglars have both involved people who were escaping empty handed being shot in the back or chased and beaten to a pulp. These people had ceased to pose any threat, and their treatment was someone acting as judge, jury and executioner.
If they are threatening your family and property, I agree, they get what's coming to them. If they are running away not posing any possible threat, that's a different matter.
2007-09-27 12:19:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Sceptic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jack Straw really hasn't said anything new. The main flaw with self defence in the U.K is the term reasonable force. It is of course totally unreasonable to try and ascertain if the person that has broken into your home, is armed and dangerous, without putting yourself at risk. Rather than addressing that point in particular, it has been avoided. The fact still remains therefore that if someone breaks in and you use a shotgun on them, you the home owner will still be the person in trouble and not the burglar, even if he had a crowbar and could have caved in your skull.
2007-09-27 10:29:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to a police officer, if you have a way out you cannot use deadly force to confront a person who breaks into your home. In other words, if you can run out the back door, don't use the bat. Call the police immediately if you can. If not, then you should wait until they leave if they don't bother you. If they do confront you and you have no way out, then you can go for the bat.
This is in California. There may be different statutes elsewhere.
2007-09-27 10:13:23 · answer #3 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being totally unpredictable may help - Heard this idea from some self-defence article some years ago. For example, if a woman was trapped inside her home, too scared to scream for help, she could, as quickly as possible, pick up and throw objects through glass windows. The sounds apart from the unpredictable behaviour by the "crazy" woman may be enough to confound an intruder and encourage him to leave asap. The smashing glass may attract some neighbourly attention also. It was also suggested that a woman urinate on herself, which may deter a sexual attack.
2016-04-06 04:15:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
D defo, anyone who has kids should feels the same. If some dude was in my house how do I know they are not after my kids? I would try to put the person out of action big time. If i didn't go in guns blazing and my kids were abducted how would I live with myself? If they break in then they should expect a fight, i would kill for my kids, no probs.
2007-09-27 10:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by kdee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you totally on that, if some scumbag gets into my house its a question of either me and my kids or him, so i would definitley go for D any day, i would gladly do time rather than let them violate or threaten my family or home
2007-09-27 10:12:25 · answer #6 · answered by smithzer luvs bowie :) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most states in the US, you could do D if you have reasonable grounds to believe they are going to hurt you. See the link below for the conditions. In some other states that do not have castle doctrine, you have a duty to retreat and you could be charged with homicide if you kill them.
2007-09-27 10:11:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the state of florida if there's an intruder in your home the skies the limit .But i don't have a baseball bat so, i have to use the cricket bat which is more fun. :0)
2007-09-27 10:16:58 · answer #8 · answered by fla_raven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Defiantly C, as much as I would be angry, they do not deserve to be beaten to a pulp (unless the attempt to do it to me!)
However if I found them unarmed, then B is the answer.
While all this is happening, my wife is phoning the police!
2007-09-27 10:15:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
D. f**k the law, if they break into my house, they aint coming out on 2 legs thats for sure.
2007-09-27 10:17:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋