Posted on 04/09/2022 8:13:56 AM PDT by rktman
After a farmer was charged with murder for shooting a man after four burglars broke into his home, French President Emmanuel Macron said people should not have the right to self-defense.
Yes, really.
“According to the initial investigation, the farmer fired twice with a large caliber rifle at a group of four burglars, killing one of them. The self-defense shooting took place last Friday, between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., and the man was alone with his 3-year-old daughter at the time,” reports Remix News.
However, Macron responded to the story by asserting that the 35-year-old farmer had no right to defend himself or his daughter in such a manner.
“Everyone must be safe, and the public authorities have to ensure it,” Macron told Europe 1.
“But I am opposed to self-defense. It’s very clear and undisputable because otherwise the country becomes the Wild West. And I don’t want a country where weapons proliferate and where we consider that it’s up to the citizens to defend themselves,” said Macron.
Presumably, the farmer should have just allowed the four burglars to ransack his home and potentially harm his young daughter without doing anything to intervene.
Macron insisted that the farmer should have called the police, who in many areas of France are already stretched to the limit thanks to criminal gangs of migrants youths being in a perpetual state of war with them.
“I’m not going to judge this news. I convey the rules,” said Macron, whose weak record on security and crime is under scrutiny.
... the race between Macron and his likely final round challenger Marine Le Pen, the comments will do his chances little good.
After being charged with murder, the farmer was released but will remain under judicial supervision.
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The French national anthem is about defense.
That attitude is why the U.S., Canada, England and Australia had to take France back from the Germans twice in the 1900s. Then we gave it back to the French! We won it fair and square; should'a split it up and kept it!
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, “Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?”
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, “Maybe it’s because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t have to speak German.”
Imagine a gunfight where the farmer has their hands tied behind their backs
Silly Frenchman.
Wonder what macaroni would,ahvve done had the men broken I to his home? Soiled himself and cried?
I am sure that is true, but this is a family forum, so I can’t say what I really think. But, I do agree, he is way beyond a simple POS. 😀😆🙃
(But I am opposed to self-defense)
Excellent. We should just let criminals rob, rape and murder.
Great plan. 🙄🙄🙄
Right after he gives up his protective security detail, the peasants will believe him.
Unfortunately for him, French history doesn’t indicate this would be a good idea for him and probably wouldn’t end well.
And that, monsieur Macron, is why you’ll be retiring to the French countryside on May 14.
Then I presume that he has chosen to not have personal bodyguards for his protection, right?
And that, you moron, is what made the wild west wild. Criminals running free.
The thing that tamed the wild west was law enforcement and self-defense.
As the US constitution says, your right to life is inborn — not something granted by any state or package of laws.
Well, hopefully, Macron will get a visit from Le Guillotine.
“Everyone must be safe, and the public authorities have to ensure it,” Macron told Europe 1. “
Good news! Macron will be strengthening immigration laws and taking a hard stance on illegal immigration. Especially casting a thorough glance on those who claim refugee status!
What? You mean? Sorry about that. Please be so kind as to only be attacked or threatened within the confines of your nearest police station.
TRANSLATION: “Legacy French citizens should be exterminated.”
Its people like this dumb guy who let the Germans stomp all over the French.
…said the man with taxpayer funded security…..
Screw you, Frenchie!
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