In response to the original post, i have to say that the views expressed in your source are slightly askewed.
Firstly, Britains most senior police officer, and now the Prime Minister have clearly said that the homeowner should have the rights to defend themselves and only be prosecuted if they used 'gratuitous (sp) force' on a burglar entering their home.
Over the past two weeks, there has been a huge uproar over this subject in parliment and throughout the country, which caused our PM to go completly 180 in his stance on home protection, and there is now a bill being put through to allow the homeowner to defend themself with force.
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In my opinion, anyone who enters my house and intends to steal my stuff and put my family in even the remotest danger gets a barbell upside the head.