Original sin. But what I'm talking about is not "crime," but the British insistence that for a law-abiding citizen to defend himself against crime is somehow unacceptable.
The farmer who was burglarized repeatedly and then prosecuted for shooting the burglars ... what is his name again, Tony Martin? Talk to him about it.
No that is wrong, you are entitled to defend your self.
Tony Martin is always brought up and is always proved to be a bad example.
When Tony Martin shot those two intruders, they were running away from his house. Both were shot in the back.
Therefore it was deemed not self defense but revenge.
If he had shot them, in his house and claimed that they had surprised him, he would probably of got away with it.
Self defense is if you believe you or someone else is under attack.
I belted a bloke who was running at me with a bottle in the face with a metal dustbin lid, he went down nothing happened to me.
But if I then decided to give him a further lesson by battering him when he was on the floor I would of been done.