A crazed native violently enters an occupied dwelling armed with a slashing weapon intent on doing violence to the innocent occupants of said dwelling.
The dwelling occupants fire a shot at this miscreant who by his own admission is out of his mind at the time.
And your authorities have charged the folks who were defending themselves because they fired a shotgun?
Is that about right?
I'll wait for your answer before I state categorically that your legal system is stark, raving, gibbering, slobbering mad.
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> I'll wait for your answer before I state categorically that your legal system is stark, raving, gibbering, slobbering mad.
You've got it nailed in one: our legal system *is* stark, raving, gibbering, slobbering mad. And this was on a *good* day: this past couple monts have seen some really crazy legal outcomes from our system -- "Maori Madness" is one of the more mild tales!
I kid you not, wish I was...
*DieHard*
This happens in America quite often.