[Sirius]

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh

If you are woken in the night with intruders threatening you with a screwdriver where do you get a knife?

I'm not trying to excuse either way or what I would do if I saw the opportunity, I think that often there is too much protection for "the villain" and not enough for "the victim". If "the authorities" were focussing on preventing crime rather than on "clear up rates" there would be less issues. (I'm using generalities here deliberately as things are usually much more complex than can be discussed in a couple of paragraphs.)

I have a hammer by my bed for smashing bedroom windows if there is a fire. If that ends up in a intruders head in the dead of night then so be it. If you break into my house you will get what you deserve if you don't leave peacefully.