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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Self-defensewith guns is what de-wilded the west.
Very well said.
“President Macron Says He is “Opposed to Self-Defense...”
Then get rid of your bodyguards ...peckerhead.
Wow. What an idiot.
Leftists simply cannot grasp logic/critical thinking.
Too many Frogs agree with Macron. Just like most Canadians approved of Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act and crushing the Freedom Convoy. The sheeple outnumber the sheepdogs.
Marine Le Penn just won the up coming election!”....
I wouldn’t bet on it. Or bet that she would be different. Her mantra is anti immigration and France First but I haven’t read where she is a supporter of individual Liberty. France is still the child of the French Revolution and its LIBERTE is a lot different than our LIBERTY. As readers of Les Miserables know, having the right papers was intrinsic to avoiding the interest of the gendarmerie and the Javerts of the world.
The problem here is that most French (and other Europeans0 likely agree with him on this issue.
What a crock of Shiite!
If this insanely suicidal moron doesn’t lose then everyone in that country is screwed and deserves it.
Well I guess the farmer could have read Bible verses to them or had a group cuddle.
If Le Penn's campaign has any sense, it will repeatedly air Macron's ANTI self-defense position - if possible?
Does anyone know if France's legacy news outlets are owned by santi-Christian socialists and globalists - like here?
—”I wouldn’t bet on it.”
Agreed.
And I’m still troubled by Inspector Javert going sideways.
SOOOOO—The President of France has NO SECURITY DETAIL????
Why should anyone concern themselves with self defense, when they have a slew of people at their disposal who guard him.
Every elected Democrat, 99% of New Yorkers, most of the population of the Kalifornistan coastal cities, and many Republicans feel exactly the same way.
These were likely “migrants” which means they would probably have raped the little girl and murdered the man and Macron would have been just fine with that.
Has breyer even left the court yet?
Question:
What is the most common French expression?
Merde ...
Merde ...
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