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Self-defenders have no right to impose penalty
The Australian
| September 3, 2002
| OP ED
Posted on 09/04/2002 12:06:13 PM PDT by tarawa
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WOW! Even for some of the bliss-ninnies of the Commonwealth, this is pretty bad.....
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:06:14 PM PDT
by
tarawa
To: tarawa
I'm trying to figure out why Todd Knight - an 11 year old home aloner who protected himself from two home-invaders - is somehow equivalent to a sociopathic australian driver who knifed a pedestrian during a traffic disagreement. The author has no moral sense whatsoever.
To: tarawa
Sneak into my house without my permission and you too will be shot.
I will not shout, "Freeze punk", or, "What the f**k do you think you're doing?", I will shoot you down like a dog.
I don't know who you are, why you are there, if you're armed, hopped up on PCP, or many other variables.
If I wanted to know those things I would seek you out and ask you. I didn't, so don't sneak into my house.
To: tarawa
ABOUT five years ago, I watched a man climb into my backyard and take a crowbar to the back door
Wonder what his response would have been if the perp had quit beating the door and started on him?
This is the same crap warmed over.
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:12:32 PM PDT
by
3k9pm
To: tarawa
Spartanburg, South Carolina, 15/3/88: Todd Knight, 11, was home alone after school when two "rough looking" men broke in. Knight loaded his .22 rifle, a Christmas gift, and opened fire, killing both intruders. The sheriff's department, calling the shootings justifiable, said both men had records. Nice shooting.
What's this idiot's problem?
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:12:33 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: tarawa
This article perfectly demonstrates the statist view. Rights like self defense are legitimately delegated by the people to the government not vice versa as this guy seems to think. In practice it tends to work the other way unfortunately.
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:12:45 PM PDT
by
weikel
To: FateAmenableToChange
The author has no moral sense whatsoever.Which is typical of someone who thinks that it's just fine to let some drunk strong-arm his way into a senior citizen's home anytime he feels like it.
And another thing, regarding the court giving the perp $50,000...the old guy should have made sure that there was only one side of the story to be told to the court. Never leave a job half done.
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:14:32 PM PDT
by
Orangedog
To: tarawa
Thanks to the author for reaffirming my position that it's best to shoot intruders - dead people can't sue...
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:17:09 PM PDT
by
trebb
To: dighton
Nice shooting.What's this idiot's problem?
Well obviously the 11 year old didn't take his beating (and possible murder) like a good little victum, as the pin-head author would have had him do.
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:17:34 PM PDT
by
Orangedog
To: tarawa
This author is clearly a hair-dressing paintywaist that has never endured violence. Would he say the same about catching a guy breaking into his little girl's bedroom?
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:18:01 PM PDT
by
Shryke
To: trebb
Thanks to the author for reaffirming my position that it's best to shoot intruders - dead people can't sue... But their families can. That's why you better "make sure" they have a weapon.
To: tarawa
The funeral for an unknown entity who has committed breaking and entering, especially of a residence would be much less expensive and time consuming for all involved (surgeons, courts, all that paperwork, etc,) ...
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:26:32 PM PDT
by
Vidalia
To: tarawa
"''They just never seem to learn,'' he said."If I was a criminal in England I would be targeting guys like this. They are sitting ducks. All they have to do is waltz in and take whatever they want. If he lifts a finger to protect his property, sue the pants off him using his own article as evidence. LOL, what a loser.
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:34:33 PM PDT
by
monday
To: Shryke
Would he say the same about catching a guy breaking into his little girl's bedroom? There's no harm in asking him what the f*** he think's he's doing--before pulling the bat or pistol out from behin your back. Unless you need the tactical element of surprise...
To: tarawa
"...to suggest there are options for dealing with intruders other than splitting their skulls
Like, maybe, putting several 230 grain hardball "pills" into the bastard's gut.
Sometimes there may be options, but I sure as hell am not going to wait around too long to try and figure them out. If some dipstick is breaking into my house any time of the day or night, and I happen to be there, its a 50/50 chance that the dipstick is going out in a bag. I don't fire warning shots.
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posted on
09/04/2002 12:50:12 PM PDT
by
45Auto
To: Just another Joe
"Sneak into my house without my permission and you too will be shot.I will not shout, "Freeze punk", or, "What the f**k do you think you're doing?", I will shoot you down like a dog.I don't know who you are, why you are there, if you're armed, hopped up on PCP, or many other variables. If I wanted to know those things I would seek you out and ask you. I didn't, so don't sneak into my house."
Buddy, I heard that!
To: *bang_list
Ugh. That merited a Barf Alert, but I guess the title made that unnecessary.
To: tarawa
Spartanburg, South Carolina, 15/3/88: Todd Knight, 11, was home alone after school when two "rough looking" men broke in. Knight loaded his .22 rifle, a Christmas gift, and opened fire, killing both intruders. The sheriff's department, calling the shootings justifiable, said both men had records. Excellent shooting. A .22 rifle isn't very powerful.
To: FreeTally
But their families can. That's why you better "make sure" they have a weapon. In Texas, an intruder doesn't have to have a weapon, he only has to be in your house except at night when you can shoot someone outside but on your property.
To: 45Auto
Depending on what's closest, someone entering my home, without my permission, late an night, would hear me say, "Stop or you'll die," and then hear the bolt drop on a Benelli Super 90 12ga, or nothing, as a S&W 625, loaded with 200gr CCI/Speer Lawmen .45ACP is brought to bear.
Mark
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posted on
09/04/2002 1:17:17 PM PDT
by
MarkL
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