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Wahey. We can legally kill someone!
That's the way my brain thinks, anyway.
So I walk into the shop today and see on almost every newspaper, YOU CAN KILL A BURGLAR! or something like it..
But what if you fancy killing someone just for fun..
You freak out, then think, "Oh yes! The law has just told me I can murder someone in my home!"
So then you drag them into your house and tell them that you caught them trying to steal your stuff, so panicked, grabbed a knife and stabbed them. Or a hard enough blow to the head with a baseball bat. I'm so tempted to use it now.. >:-)
Or what if some crazy man is living alone and has the posty come one mornin (kinda like that Milkman flash animation). Grabs him, kills him, says he was trying to steal stuff.
Correct if I'm wrong on the whole killing burglars thing, please, because I won't get it right otherwise.
:-)
That's the way my brain thinks, anyway.
So I walk into the shop today and see on almost every newspaper, YOU CAN KILL A BURGLAR! or something like it..
But what if you fancy killing someone just for fun..
You freak out, then think, "Oh yes! The law has just told me I can murder someone in my home!"
So then you drag them into your house and tell them that you caught them trying to steal your stuff, so panicked, grabbed a knife and stabbed them. Or a hard enough blow to the head with a baseball bat. I'm so tempted to use it now.. >:-)
Or what if some crazy man is living alone and has the posty come one mornin (kinda like that Milkman flash animation). Grabs him, kills him, says he was trying to steal stuff.
Correct if I'm wrong on the whole killing burglars thing, please, because I won't get it right otherwise.
:-)
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English_Bloke wrote:
> You can legally kill someone anyway.
Gee, thanks. I could really use your advice sometimes, bloke.
> You can legally kill someone anyway.
Gee, thanks. I could really use your advice sometimes, bloke.
I liked Ali G's imaginary scenario.
"What about if you were chopping carrots with a machete - cos you're poor and it's all you've got. Then you hear a bus pulling up outside, and it's one you've been waiting to catch. So you run outside, and as you leave the kitchen, it kind of slips into your sock, and you don't notice. When you get to the bus and you're climbing on board, it kind of falls out of your sock and lands in someones arm - a couple of times. What would a jury say about that?"
"What about if you were chopping carrots with a machete - cos you're poor and it's all you've got. Then you hear a bus pulling up outside, and it's one you've been waiting to catch. So you run outside, and as you leave the kitchen, it kind of slips into your sock, and you don't notice. When you get to the bus and you're climbing on board, it kind of falls out of your sock and lands in someones arm - a couple of times. What would a jury say about that?"
You can legally kill someone anyway.
You have a right in common law to defend yourself, your family, your friends and your property. It's just about using "reasonable force". You can ever use a weapon so long as it's something you just happen to pick up at the time of feeling you yourself were in mortal danger. Carry something to use 'just in case' and you commit offences.
You have a right in common law to defend yourself, your family, your friends and your property. It's just about using "reasonable force". You can ever use a weapon so long as it's something you just happen to pick up at the time of feeling you yourself were in mortal danger. Carry something to use 'just in case' and you commit offences.
Obviously you can't just slaughter someone and cover yourself with "oh, yeah, this 8-year-old girl was trying to steal all my stuff."
But beat them to the brink of death and smash their knees in with a spare length of copper piping, that's fine. On yer way, lad, keep up the good work.
But beat them to the brink of death and smash their knees in with a spare length of copper piping, that's fine. On yer way, lad, keep up the good work.
If you grab a posty, that's a bit different to someone who has broken into your house in the middle of the night.
Personally I agree with the ruling. You don't have time to sit and think about legality when someone is in your house with unknown intentions, especially if you had kids asleep for example.
Personally I agree with the ruling. You don't have time to sit and think about legality when someone is in your house with unknown intentions, especially if you had kids asleep for example.
Yar, I was thinking of burger at the time, hence the E.. Meh.
Wahey. We can legally kill someone!
That's the way my brain thinks, anyway.
So I walk into the shop today and see on almost every newspaper, YOU CAN KILL A BURGLAR! or something like it..
But what if you fancy killing someone just for fun..
You freak out, then think, "Oh yes! The law has just told me I can murder someone in my home!"
So then you drag them into your house and tell them that you caught them trying to steal your stuff, so panicked, grabbed a knife and stabbed them. Or a hard enough blow to the head with a baseball bat. I'm so tempted to use it now.. >:-)
Or what if some crazy man is living alone and has the posty come one mornin (kinda like that Milkman flash animation). Grabs him, kills him, says he was trying to steal stuff.
Correct if I'm wrong on the whole killing burglars thing, please, because I won't get it right otherwise.
:-)
That's the way my brain thinks, anyway.
So I walk into the shop today and see on almost every newspaper, YOU CAN KILL A BURGLAR! or something like it..
But what if you fancy killing someone just for fun..
You freak out, then think, "Oh yes! The law has just told me I can murder someone in my home!"
So then you drag them into your house and tell them that you caught them trying to steal your stuff, so panicked, grabbed a knife and stabbed them. Or a hard enough blow to the head with a baseball bat. I'm so tempted to use it now.. >:-)
Or what if some crazy man is living alone and has the posty come one mornin (kinda like that Milkman flash animation). Grabs him, kills him, says he was trying to steal stuff.
Correct if I'm wrong on the whole killing burglars thing, please, because I won't get it right otherwise.
:-)
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