Posted on 07/10/2008 4:48:56 AM PDT by marktwain
A pensioner who used a piece of wood to chase away a gang of teenagers who had been throwing stones at his home is facing a jail term after being arrested and charged with possessing an offensive weapon. Sydney Davis, 65, a father-of-two, dialled 999 when his home in the Pinehurst area of Swindon, Wilts, came under attack. But when police failed to turn up over the next two hours he decided to take action himself. He grabbed a section of wood from a broken-up sofa lying in his front garden and chased the youths down the street - just as police officers finally arrived. Mr Davis, a retired builder, was astonished when police arrested him while allowing the gang to run to safety. The householder now faces a court appearance and a potential prison term of six months if convicted. Mr Davis, whose windows have been smashed five times in the last eight months, branded the law "a colossal ass". He went on: "This is Britain gone mad. Just what in the world is this country coming to when the police arrest people like me for protecting their own property? "The police say they want to reduce crime, yet they let evil little toe-rags like this off. Then they prosecute hard-working, upstanding residents like me. "There is simply no way we can shake off this problem of 'Yob Britain' if the legal system fails to protect the everyday person". Mr Davis' difficulties began on July 2 when a gang started throwing stones, stick, mud and eggs at a number of homes.
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Unbelievable. What the hell are the British thinking?
Toe-rags?
To remove toe jam?
Anyone?
Yep, even if there is a cop sitting right out on the street watching the whole thing go down, and apparently munching on his donut.
They have truly lost their minds over there.
Aw give them a break, they were on a tea break.
I didn’t realize that the English had their own Mountain Williamses....closer cultural ties than I had realized!
Thanks for that info!
Agreed - FUBAR; completely FUBAR.
If citizens are allowed to arm themselves, there’s a limit as to how much of a free reign the politicians can grant their favored crooks. Even if everyone who raised a finger against the yobs was summarily executed, there would still be some citizens who would rather die knowing they took some of the crooks with them than surrender to totalitarian anarchy. That would pose an unacceptable deterrent for the yobs—thus the need to completely disarm the citizenry.
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