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Self-defense in the UK Is Illegal
The New American ^ | 6/2/2015 | Bob Adelmann

Posted on 06/03/2015 4:03:28 AM PDT by HomerBohn

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The value of the human being is in his ability to pay tax to the Realm, not in simply having basic human rights. The United States is rapidly closing in on Britain in the erosion of civil rights.
1 posted on 06/03/2015 4:03:28 AM PDT by HomerBohn
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To: HomerBohn

Remember, they do not want to offend the Muzzies over there. Given that, I bet that the rape alarms are really controversial in their own rite.


2 posted on 06/03/2015 4:07:33 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: HomerBohn

A disarmed populace is always the easiest for the totalitarian left to take over (Fascists; Communists; Socialists; Mohammadans). Every Englishman (and woman) should rise up and demand their rights to self-defense.


3 posted on 06/03/2015 4:09:56 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: HomerBohn

It’s just so hard to imagine, this once very proud great nation, having such a vast empire, great leaders, a great navy, great army and all it’s colonies - -

Now reduced to an island of defenseless whimps by the left.


4 posted on 06/03/2015 4:28:57 AM PDT by redfreedom (All it takes for evil to win is for good people to do nothing - that's how the left took over.)
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To: redfreedom

Anyone remember the Tony Marshall case? Talk about a travesty of justice.


5 posted on 06/03/2015 4:48:07 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: HomerBohn

What about pointy sticks?


6 posted on 06/03/2015 4:50:47 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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To: HomerBohn

I was in England last week and on TV I watched an interview with a couple who had been victims of a home invasion back in February. It was really sickening to hear about their ordeal and to know if they had used a gun or anything in their defence, they would have been most likely prosecuted. Even here in Canada, people who use guns in self defence in a justifiable manner are now no longer charged by the authorities (and Harper took a good deal of condemnation in the chattering classes over that one recently).


7 posted on 06/03/2015 5:17:51 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: HomerBohn

There’s an apologist on this site that continues to claim that self-defense is legal in England. LOL!


8 posted on 06/03/2015 5:27:46 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'about' page))
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Does he speak with a Scottish accent?

;^)


9 posted on 06/03/2015 5:37:08 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I went to Geneva and saw Ulrich Zwingli's smashed helmet.")
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I like this one from that same site:

Q509: Are stun guns illegal?

Stun guns are prohibited weapons and it is an offence to possess them. A stun gun is a weapon that discharges a large voltage of electricity into its target, rendering them incapable of movement for a short time. In the wrong hands they are very dangerous. Recently there have been cases where people have bought them abroad and imported/mailed them into this country. This is still illegal and the penalties will apply.

If you are found in possession of a stun gun, you could face up to ten years imprisonment. In order to possess, import or sell such weapons you must have authority from the Secretary of State.

And the Brits still consider themselves a free society.

10 posted on 06/03/2015 5:40:15 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: HomerBohn

This is the face of the feminization of a culture. Our culture has at least the beginnings of this among the feminized left.


11 posted on 06/03/2015 5:45:12 AM PDT by afsnco
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To: elcid1970

Quite. He usually finds these threads.


12 posted on 06/03/2015 5:49:38 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'about' page))
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" Authorities arrested the defendants — the victims — and sent them to prison for more than two years. The attacker? He escaped punishment."

I'd bet 'shoot, shovel and shut up' is way more popular in merry ol'England than will ever be known....
13 posted on 06/03/2015 6:15:32 AM PDT by farming pharmer
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Um, those things listed apply to England and Wales as well (Scotland’s legal system is based on Roman law, so they’re excluded). In fact, except at sensitive locations, and specific incidents dealing with criminals known to be armed, Britain’s police do not carry guns.

As for self defence, using violence in self-defence is perfectly legal, as long as it is proportionate, and you do not continue to use violence as a means of revenge or once the danger is passed (unlike in texas, where you are allowed to gun down a burglar in the back as he tries to flee). And although a retarded liberal legal establishment has often tried to prosecute people who have used legitimate self-defence, the Conservative Prime Minister has taken steps to ensure that the rules on self-defence are clarified so that the judges cannot jail people who have used justified violence to defend themselves.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2198379/I-use-shotgun-burglar-I—law-side.html


14 posted on 06/03/2015 6:51:36 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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What about pointy sticks?

Even bananas are weapons. Dropping a ten ton weight may be okay in some circumstances.

15 posted on 06/03/2015 8:13:20 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: HomerBohn

Interesting that Gary North’s list of ten desirable criteria for a decent country to live in is quoted in an article attacking the UK, since of those ten there is only one (the first) which does not apply to Britain. Indeed there are several (political lampoons for instance) which apply rather more to the UK than the US.


16 posted on 06/03/2015 8:44:30 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: OldMissileer

So?
Lie, cheat and steal.
When the ‘law’ is no longer your friend—why give a sh#t about the law?
Have some crude, DENIABLE weapon (dagger, club, etc.), Use it, chuck it, say you took it from your assailant.

There is no future in being the “honest citizen” anymore—so why be one? Say you were “stunned”, that you “don’t remember” and then STFU!!


17 posted on 06/03/2015 8:47:17 AM PDT by Flintlock (Our soapbox is gone, the ballot box stolen--we're left with the bullet box now.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Britain like America, needs a revolution.


18 posted on 06/03/2015 8:48:12 AM PDT by HomerBohn (When did it change from "We the people" to "screw the people" ?)
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To: elcid1970

“Does he speak with a Scottish accent?”

Aye, Laddie, he does!

I met a former Brit at a gun show in Texas. As he clutched an “assault rifle”, he grinned widely and said, “God bless America!”


19 posted on 06/03/2015 8:57:30 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: HomerBohn

People are creative. When told they cannot defend themselves, their obvious solution is to subcontract their defense to “experts”. That is, in this case, whatever protectors that are willing to violently defend them.

Protectors who do not care what the police and government think.

To start with, the people form a discreet group, and take up a collection of funds to regularly pay their protectors. It begins with a large, up front payment to rid their neighborhood of its problems. Then a smaller, continued payment, to keep problems out.

Importantly, most criminals are smart enough to take the hint and leave, once they are convinced that the threat to them is real.

So the hardest part is recruiting a group that are professional enough to not abuse the situation.


20 posted on 06/03/2015 9:45:16 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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