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To: A_perfect_lady
I am curious, though, why he used the gun to hit the assailant instead of just shooting him with it.

I've read the replies above stating that the gun was fake. However, if the gun had been real, and the homeowner had used it to kill his assailant, there is a good chance that he would have been charged with murder under British law. A few years ago a British farmer named Tony Martin was convicted of attempted murder for shooting a burglar who had broken into his home(for the 2nd or 3rd time). He had been harassed by a gang of thugs for months, but when he defended his property, he went to prison. Britain has an astronomically high burglary rate, precisely because the robbers know that their victims are unarmed. Fair play to this man for defending himself!

72 posted on 01/24/2008 10:21:35 AM PST by slane
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To: slane

Britain has an astronomically high burglary rate, precisely because the robbers know that their victims are unarmed. Fair play to this man for defending himself!.........

you mean the peasants can kill each other, but you just gotta know the fair princes and royals have men with GUNS to defend them....cause it’s just “different” for them, don’t you know.

Pathetic sheep island. Chances of going back to England ....zero. Most of the Irish are kick ass and can flat out have fun. Most of the really fun people from Great Britain I’ve met have been in Spain.

As far as self defense... that guy is a stud. 3 on 1 is a bad situation without a weapon. I think I’d keep a sword or bat around if I wasn’t able to keep a weapon. The last thing you want to use in a fight is your hands. I hope the other two decide that “Suicide is painless”.


73 posted on 01/24/2008 10:58:51 AM PST by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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