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hokiesandwich · 12-12-2004, 01:17 PM

In the US, the laws seem to favor the homeowner. Once someone breaks into your home, it is generally accepted you can do whatever you need to remove the person, or more precisely, the threat to your person that they present.

I think it's safe to say home defense measures of an Indiana Jones nature,(remember Indy getting to the Grail in "Last Crusade"?) where one's house is rigged to maim and disfigure an intruder is grounds for some legal action, if not being institutionalized.

The issue is - life, liberty, and property. I fail to see how any social experiment is going to save a person's right to any of these things. Bloody hell, they have martial arts in the UK, don't they? What are they for, carpentry and showmanship?

Despite all the attention things like the Patriot Act get in the USA, America is still the most free of any developed nation I can think of. Maybe the people in the UK should take it up with their MP's to change the legal culture - defending one's own hearth and home isn't too radical, is it?

12-12-2004, 01:17 PM	#59 (permalink)
hokiesandwich Upright Location: Virginia, USA	Burglary in the US In the US, the laws seem to favor the homeowner. Once someone breaks into your home, it is generally accepted you can do whatever you need to remove the person, or more precisely, the threat to your person that they present. I think it's safe to say home defense measures of an Indiana Jones nature,(remember Indy getting to the Grail in "Last Crusade"?) where one's house is rigged to maim and disfigure an intruder is grounds for some legal action, if not being institutionalized. The issue is - life, liberty, and property. I fail to see how any social experiment is going to save a person's right to any of these things. Bloody hell, they have martial arts in the UK, don't they? What are they for, carpentry and showmanship? Despite all the attention things like the Patriot Act get in the USA, America is still the most free of any developed nation I can think of. Maybe the people in the UK should take it up with their MP's to change the legal culture - defending one's own hearth and home isn't too radical, is it?