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Would you shoot a burglar?


The law in now on the side of the victim of a burglary .

If you caught one or more robbing your possessions, would you challenge and shoot them?

A burglar is giving justification by being in your home and in the process of removing your possessions that you have bought with the money you earned during your life time.


Having been taught during my army service to shoot the enemy on sight, not knowing that person or having any other good reason to shoot him you would do it.


My reaction? I have no about it.

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I don't have a gun.

But I would use sufficient force to ensure that my family and possessions remain safe, without wasting time about the consequences for the intruder.

I think this is the main difference in the law now, it's not about 'reasonable' which was a victim-centric posture, it's now about whatever you feel at the time is necessary to remove the danger (I think).

I would shoot a burglar, non-fatally, tie him to the kitchen table and then engage upon a long night of dialogue during which it slowly becomes apparent that all is not as it seems. Traditional roles of invader and invaded, colonial and colonised, would be re-assessed, and there would be a surprising ending.


You will be able to hear the results in a 30 minute play on Radio 4 Extra at 09:45 and 17:40 on a Tuesday in November. In a decision in no way affected by available budget, both parts will be played by the same actor.

When I lived in Boston my girlfriend from Vermont (the parents owned a mountain, with large property on it) related the story that her Father had told her to walk an intruder at gunpoint (if apprehended successfully) to a doorway, get him to turn around at distance, then shoot him in the face.

The idea being that he'd likely die and they'd be less liable to law suits, especially since they could argue he was coming towads them at the time the trigger was fired.

Jeremy Wrote:

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> We're not farmers, we don't have shotguns in our

> homes. And pistols are illegal.

>

> Surely a more realistic question would be whether

> you'd be willing to whack someone over the head

> with a blunt object (cricket bat, hammer, table

> leg, etc).


Table leg ? Where would you find one of those?

You're being a bit nit-picky Mick; I'm sure that a chair leg, armoire door (handle proud), or the retaining bracket of a (stolen) Corby trouser press would serve.


I would favour the front leg of a velvet chaise longue (turned beech with a stained finish) for maximum thuddage combined with a compactness that allows for optimum swing.

El Pibe Wrote:

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> I find a nice cup of tea can solve any situation.


A nice cup of tea and the Guardian magazine. You can read it to him, he most likely can't read. And if he did, he wouldn't choose the Guardian.

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