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Thread: New Home Office guidelines on confronting burglars

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    New Home Office guidelines on confronting burglars

    Seems this is all in the news today and one particular point is the use of weapons. Due to the wonderful way our politically correct system seems to favour the growing scum of this world the HO have tried to reassure us a little.

    I have not seen the exact wording but it seems if you use a 'weapon to hand' with reasonable force etc that is ok.

    So...if I shoot him with a legally held air pistol how would the law see things?

    (Edited by Felix to avoid giving our interest a bad name).
    Last edited by felix gunner; 02-02-2005 at 12:24 PM.

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    No.....!
    See the Richard/Judy thread, you just grabbed it and shoved the lead in during a moment of panic and terror. You also only intended to frighten him with it.....etc etc...

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    Plus, of course, you only kept it by the bed so that the burglars wouldn't get it, you thought that would be the safest place to keep it as you thought that they would not go in there...

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    Shooting Burglar's?

    Whoo, after reading today's papers, it might be better to purchase an HW45 and keep it handy at all time's, UNLOADED! then, IF you use it to TAP him gently to sleep, you WERE using the 'MINIMUM AMOUNT OF FORCE NECESSARY!'
    Now just watch some eedjit spoil it and ask IF that includes uninvited mother - in - laws!


    The Drifter.

    PS. Hang on a minute? what IF the said BURGLAR's from an enthnic minority group? Will the Criminal Protection Society and SMOKEY & Co, bow to the politically corect brigade and screw yer backside but good?

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