Burglar VS Gentle Giant: 15yrs old & stood his ground!

[Smifffy]

Can't bling you again.

I think here in the CNI at this time of year, an appropriate response would be to secure the intruder on the back lawn and soak 'em down with the garden hose. Then go and let the comms ops waste time on the phone, and await the arrival of an I car some hours later.

No more force than required to secure the intruder, and contact made with the authorities immediately.

I think it would have worked well for OAB and his recent visitors too.

I guess its the education systems fault for not teaching 15 year old kids how to restrain people with the absolute minimum of force, not be over come by fight or flight responses and to use the preferred method out west which is to dial 111 talk to police coms, get told there are no units available, stay on the line and describe calmly and accurately blow by blow how the offender is beating the crap out of your father. Surly the com operators regular "aha's" and the occasional "please speak slower cause I cant type that fast" would have been reassurance enough?

[Headbanger]

Let's say your young son (or little brother) succumbed to a bit of peer pressure. He dashes into a corner dairy, pockets a Moro Bar and runs out again. The dairy owner runs outside with a rifle, and shots him in the back, killing him stone dead.

Would you gleefully applaud the actions of the property owner? Of course not.

Is that how laws/punishment is decided upon....what if it were my son?

that's pathetic, and I would hope that the motivation of our law makers isn't that selfish and self-serving.

If any family member of mine was caught thieving then I would hope they get whats coming to them, which in our society means nothing, carry on thieving.

[Owl]

Grabbing a knife in this situation is stupid

My recommendation is the 7-iron.

Fat lot of good that'd do me..........fookin 7-iron is in the garage.

[Smifffy]

NZ Lawmakers not selfish or self-serving?

SRSLY?

Is that how laws/punishment is decided upon....what if it were my son?

that's pathetic, and I would hope that the motivation of our law makers isn't that selfish and self-serving.

If any family member of mine was caught thieving then I would hope they get whats coming to them, which in our society means nothing, carry on thieving.

[Headbanger]

NZ Lawmakers not selfish or self-serving?

SRSLY?

no