Shoot at burglar and go to jail!!

[hopper68]

Thank god we live in the USA!!


Farm tenant arrested after burglars shot was 'plagued by break-ins' - Telegraph

 

[IndyDave1776]

Thank god we live in the USA!!


Farm tenant arrested after burglars shot was 'plagued by break-ins' - Telegraph

It looks like the Brits are learning things (the hard way) about their government that we had figured out 236 years ago!

 

[CathyInBlue]

Ah! Gotta love the Mother Country, and these little reminders of why we severed those political bonds.

 

[BlueEagle]

Yay! Good for you Brits. Continue to slide deeper into that pit that you've been digging for yourselves. Just do us a favor, and keep it on THAT side of the pond, thanks.

What a seriously ****ed up country. And everybody wants us to follow THEIR example!? Yeah, that'll work out great.

 

[88E30M50]

From the article:
"In 2009, the millionaire businessman Munir Hussain fought back with a metal pole and a cricket bat against a knife-wielding burglar who tied up his family at their home in Buckinghamshire. Hussain was jailed for two and a half years, despite his attcker being spared prison."

I have a hard time understanding the mindset that would allow this. It speaks to a complete lack of respect for the citizens of a country.

 

[cobber]

From the article:
"In 2009, the millionaire businessman Munir Hussain fought back with a metal pole and a cricket bat against a knife-wielding burglar who tied up his family at their home in Buckinghamshire. Hussain was jailed for two and a half years, despite his attcker being spared prison."

I have a hard time understanding the mindset that would allow this. It speaks to a complete lack of respect for the citizens of a country.

The first thing you have to understand is that in Britain (Europe) you have no rights, other than what the sovereign allows.

 

[IndyDave1776]

The first thing you have to understand is that in Britain (Europe) you have no rights, other than what the sovereign allows.

While the Magna Charta expressly recognizes the right of citizens to fortify their homes presumably including the use of weapons, we introduced something of a novelty in a written Constitution. The British will speak of Constitutional Law but what they are actually talking about is precedent translated that because they have been in the habit of ignoring the Magna Charta for centuries it is no longer relevant other than as an historic relic. As much trouble as we have with the .gov ignoring a written and largely unambiguous Constitution, imagine what it would be like if it were not written!

 

[IndyDave1776]

From the article:
"In 2009, the millionaire businessman Munir Hussain fought back with a metal pole and a cricket bat against a knife-wielding burglar who tied up his family at their home in Buckinghamshire. Hussain was jailed for two and a half years, despite his attcker being spared prison."

I have a hard time understanding the mindset that would allow this. It speaks to a complete lack of respect for the citizens of a country.

It would seem to me that the totalitarian nanny state is using the criminals as enforcers in making the sheep completely dependent on the state. The criminals simultaneously provide the rationale for eliminating rights in the name of necessity and being the source of fear that causes people to relinquish their rights and to become dependent and hope they are not the exception that the .gov fails to protect.

 

[littletommy]

Americans simply CAN NOT allow our country to be flushed down the crapper as the UK has been.

 

[netsecurity]

This is why the youths and gangs flourish in the UK. An entire nation as a Criminal Protection Zone, that's just brilliant! When criminals know that you are not only unarmed, but also that you face more legal punishment for trying to stop them than they will receive for committing the crime, then that is a perfect breeding ground for scum.

If someone tied up my family, absolutely no form of violence would be off limits, and I would ensure that the most grisly death would await them. Whose to say that the criminals were just doing a nice robbery? Tying people up is often a prelude to rape and murder. I guess in the UK they are trained to trust their assaulter and to work together for a happy outcome and allow them to do whatever they want. Be a good victim, and so as not to harm the scumbag. Absurd!

 

[BlueEagle]

From the article:
"In 2009, the millionaire businessman Munir Hussain fought back with a metal pole and a cricket bat against a knife-wielding burglar who tied up his family at their home in Buckinghamshire. Hussain was jailed for two and a half years, despite his attcker being spared prison."

I have a hard time understanding the mindset that would allow this. It speaks to a complete lack of respect for the citizens of a country.

That is the part that gets me the most. How on earth can you let the criminal go free, and throw the man who was just trying to defend his home into prison!?

Even aside from their ridiculous gun laws, the man used a pipe and a cricket bat; neither of which are illegal or controlled, (as far as I know,) in that country. So you can't say that he was in the wrong there. So how on earth can you justify punishing him for defending his family with improvised weapons?

 

[seamus]

Ah! Gotta love the Mother Country, and these little reminders of why we severed those political bonds.

Not my "mother country" I'm Irish!

 

[femurphy77]

It looks like the Brits are learning things (the hard way) about their government that we had figured out 236 years ago!

We tried to tell them the neighborhood was going to hell in a hand basket but would they listen?



NOOOOOOOOO!

 

[BlueEagle]

We tried to tell them the neighborhood was going to hell in a hand basket but would they listen?



NOOOOOOOOO!

Good thing we packed up our crap and headed out west.

 

[CathyInBlue]

Not my "mother country" I'm Irish!

Seamus... never woulda guessed that.

The lion's share of my gene pool runs through the Culloden region of Scotland, so I have no special love for the English. In total, though, I'm an American mutt, and very happy to be so.

 

[Excalibur]

The title of the thread needs to be changed

 

[Piobair]

Charges against the farmers are not being pursued.

Welby farm shooting couple Andy and Tracey Ferrie 'humbled'

 

[IndyGunner]

They just removed their squatting laws. My buddy lives in England and said if someone comes into your house you CANT make them leave.

 

[45fan]

Its a simple fix. If the government starts prosecuting home-owners for shooting buglers, Just start selling shovels in the gun stores. When enough scum disappears, I imagine home invasions and robberies would trickle off.