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However the idea that it is accpetable to kill anyone on your property, just because they are on your property and you do not know why, is totaly ridiculous.
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Lets get this into context, if someone is on your property and for this I mean "in" your property. He is not lost.
If a person has forced entry into your home, he has not come in to ask for directions.
Now I am not advocating a law that gives you unlimited power to defend your home BUT if someone does enter your home and you tackle this intruder. If the resultant investigation proved that he was there uninvited to rob/kill or rape you. Then you should not be charged with anything.
If the police turn up and find the crime scene where are door has been forced or a window broken to gain entry and find you sat on top of a toe rag thief that you have given a good kicking, then by all means question you but you should not be charged.
By the way here's a tip.
Go out and buy one of those really big "maglite" torchs. The really long ones that are more like a baton, and keep it under you bed.
If you are unfortunate enough to have an intruder in your property go down with the torch and knock seven kinds of $h!t out of him with it.
When the police turn up you say " I heard something and came down stairs with my torch, he attacked me and I defended myself with what I had in my hand at the time"
You see if you go down stairs with a baseball bat, or similar, the police/ CPS would argue that you went with the intention of hurting whoever was down there. But if you use the torch they could not prove any pre-meditation and you would get away with it.
