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2004-10-26 Britain
Judge backs British homeowner who shot burglar
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Posted by Bulldog 2004-10-26 6:44:44 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 What really stikes me is this guy who is a human crime wave only got 7 years? This is right up there with 15 years for double homicide. I can't understand that.

The online converter says in USD this is $92,020 as the value of the stolen property and $12,882.80 property damages. That is alot of money for regular folks to lose through theft. He should stay in jail till he pays it back with interest as you say Bulldog.

Well if Rae is typical of his family perhaps shooting is too good. How about drowning? Perhaps we can manage a car ful of them at once.

As for Burglars, if you break into my home after dark I will shoot first and and question later. I will fear for my life and you will be shot. I will shoot at the center of body mass until you are not a threat and are stopped. I will then call the sheriff and wait for him to arrive. If you should die in the mean time it's sad but not my fault. I would rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-10-26 7:11:24 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-10-26 7:11:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 SPOD

What do you mean by center of the body mass? :-)
Posted by JFM  2004-10-26 7:28:39 AM||   2004-10-26 7:28:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Heart, lungs and vital organs.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-10-26 7:30:06 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-10-26 7:30:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 There is so much right about this story that it's hard to believe it isn't from Scrapleface.
Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-26 7:38:12 AM||   2004-10-26 7:38:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think Faulkner aimed about a femur's length too low too, JFM.
Posted by Bulldog  2004-10-26 7:38:27 AM||   2004-10-26 7:38:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Well I said vital.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-10-26 7:40:52 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-10-26 7:40:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I agree SPOD, ......"if your found here tonight, you'll be found here tomorrow."
Posted by Jarhead 2004-10-26 7:51:35 AM||   2004-10-26 7:51:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Good God, a sensible decision and an almost prportionate sentence form a British court. Wonders will never cease.
Posted by Howard UK 2004-10-26 8:08:58 AM||   2004-10-26 8:08:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Good to see a glimmer of hope for the wishy-washy rights-for-criminals-but-not-for-their-victims system of 'justice' that has spread through western society like a virus.

It spread to South Africa in the nineties, but you had to be a black criminal to reap the full benefit of it. Two of them broke into the house of a friend of a friend late at night while he was working on his computer. He fired two warning shots over their heads, but in a stroke of bad (or good) luck, depending on how you look at it, one bullet ricocheted off the lintel over the doorway and killed one of the intruders. The last I heard, my friend's friend was charged with murder.

It's apparently just not on to defend your property and your life. You are meant to sit down and have an interview with the intruder to find out whether he's armed and whether he just intends to loot your possessions or to do you and your family harm as well.

As the old saying goes, I would kill the fucker and question him afterwards.


Posted by Bryan 2004-10-26 10:03:48 AM||   2004-10-26 10:03:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Oops! 2nd post is the correct one. '... broke into the house of a friend of a friend...' was the change that was made.
Posted by Bryan 2004-10-26 10:06:53 AM||   2004-10-26 10:06:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 A sign on my door says: "We don't call 911".

(Oh, yea, there is also this image of hand holding a shotgun on the sign, not necessarily I have one, but a hardwood baseball bat right behind the door is the closest thing. Well, in the woods I live, the only visits I am getting is from Jehovah Witnesses. When I tell them I am a Satanist [not that I am really one], the conversation is kept to 1 minute time frame and they usually apologize for inconveniencing me. :-) ).
Posted by Cornîliës 2004-10-26 10:12:01 AM||   2004-10-26 10:12:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 When I tell them I am a Satanist
Have you considered joining the British Navy?
Posted by Dallas 2004-10-26 10:20:15 AM||   2004-10-26 10:20:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 My father used to tell the door to door evangelists that he was an orthodox pagan, and describe the midnight sacrifices, the wild dancing, calling up the spirits... they usually couldn't leave fast enough. I think they were afraid they'd be caught by the lightening bolt...
Posted by Sgt. Mom 2004-10-26 10:44:15 AM|| [http://www.sgtstryker.com]  2004-10-26 10:44:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 "It is only a pity that charges were considered against him."

A "pity"?? I'd call it an outrage.

How in heaven's name have the Poms allowed themselves to get into this current state of affairs????
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-26 10:58:42 AM||   2004-10-26 10:58:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 "Are they saying we can all shoot burglars?"

She sounds hopeful.

I believe that here in Texas, burglar season starts at sundown. I don't think it's legal to shoot them during the day.
Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-10-26 11:31:10 AM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com]  2004-10-26 11:31:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#16 Increased Lead Density in the body...tends to be life threatening. Maybe not a bulls-eye for the old man...but no Maggie's Drawers either!
Posted by RN  2004-10-26 11:50:18 AM||   2004-10-26 11:50:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#17 Why all the Jehovah's Witnesses bashing ...
Posted by Chinese Unoque7533 2004-10-26 2:12:31 PM||   2004-10-26 2:12:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 My wife, who by the way is a much better shot than I am, believes that if you have to shoot someone, you shoot until the gun is empty. If they are still moving, reload and repeat until they stop moving. She prefers a 9mm, but I have always thought that there are few things that focus one's concentration in a dark house than the sound of a round being pumped into the chamber of a 12 guage.
Posted by RWV 2004-10-26 5:52:04 PM||   2004-10-26 5:52:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 You should know that a round being racked into a 1911A will cause rectal puckering too.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-10-26 6:36:28 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-10-26 6:36:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 #13 Sgt. Mom:
My father used to tell the door to door evangelists that he was an orthodox pagan
I just showed 'em my copy of The Satanic Bible. :-D
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2004-10-26 8:24:08 PM||   2004-10-26 8:24:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 Maybe the limeys will get back to sanity after being disarmed. The US has a problem also. If you shoot someone in self-defense, most likely you will be sued by the perps relatives or friends, Handgun Control, etc.

The 9 mm is a little light weight although easy to control. The 40 cal or 45 cal has better knock-down power.
Posted by John Q. Citizen 2004-10-26 8:41:59 PM||   2004-10-26 8:41:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 #17 "Why all the Jehovah's Witnesses bashing ..."

What on urdth? Where did you get that idea? I did not bash them! My baseball bat was peacefully resting in the corner.

I just told them, politely, that I have a contrarian religion. In fact, last time I was hesitant, the two young chicks were stunningly cute and peachy. Unfortunately, the payment would be too high for the peace of my mind.

John Q., shoot the perp terminally to reduce chances of being sued by relation or brothas.
Posted by Cornîliës 2004-10-26 9:01:22 PM||   2004-10-26 9:01:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 Jehovah's Witness bashing? I thought we were laughing at door to door evangelists. But OK, I'll give you this joke if you want.
Question: What do you get when you cross a Jehovah's Witness with a Universalist Unitarian?
Answer: Someone who goes around knocking on doors without any particular reason.
Yeah, yeah, I'm here all week. Try the veal, and remember to tip your waitress...
Posted by Sgt. Mom  2004-10-26 9:31:20 PM|| [http://www.sgtstryker.com]  2004-10-26 9:31:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 OK my pisspoor contribution - who survives the next big quake? JH's - they're in everyone's doorways..
Posted by Frank G  2004-10-26 10:11:28 PM||   2004-10-26 10:11:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 I vaguely recall from my sojourn in Georgia, the story of a lad no more than 10 who came home from school and found someone dragging his mother out of the apartment and into the parking lot.

He went to the closet, loaded his late daddy's rifle, walked out onto the balcony, and nailed the miscreant with one shot to the head.

Cops showed up and said "mighty fine shootin', boy."

Damn civilized state.
Posted by Darth VAda  2004-10-26 10:57:12 PM||   2004-10-26 10:57:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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