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

[Smokin]

Cool - does that mean I can shoot the bastard who occasionally pinches my newspaper in the morning? Awesome...

If the paper is on the dining room table at 2am, Then yes.

[Big Dave]

If the paper is on the dining room table at 2am

And you are using it to clean the gun.

[short-circuit]

Its very pleasing to see the do-gooders are the minority

Yeah the keyboard warriors are well represented in this thread fo sho

[F5 Dave]

Armies the world over count on teenage stupidity.
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Yes they do, but price of fish What's got to do with the that?

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Stabbing is somewhat more serious than attempted burglary, not matter how indignantly you rednecks bay for blood.

Yes it is more serious. If that criminal was to have stabbed them it would be more serious than stealing their property. But they didn't go to his property to stab him premeditated. He premeditated to go break into their place.

Having experienced & witnessed the physiological trauma of thefts & invasion of security (& safety) that affects people for years afterwards, I'd have to say; They put themselves there, they should get it & get it hard.

Also imagining how one would react if they found themselves face to face with a burglar & wondering if it was going to be you are them. Heck couple of nights back I was in the garge (forget how to properly misspell that) & I heard a noise so went out to investigate. I became aware that I had a Phillips in my hand at the time.

[nudemetalz]

All you need is one of these to defend your property....

oops..Redneck Nudey ...

[admenk]

Yes, my first reaction is a thief on your property puts himself outside the protection of the law and get's what he get's (especially if it was my house)....but...I assume we don't know the full facts and circumstances to make a fully informed judgement. I hate to say it, but the media are not always totally accurate in their reporting Thankfully, that's why we have the police and justice system. Flawed as they sometimes are, in the long run, do we want to live in "lynch mob" society. After all, society "knows" that all bikers are dodgy and must be guilty of most crimes

[Spearfish]

Also imagining how one would react if they found themselves face to face with a burglar & wondering if it was going to be you are them. Heck couple of nights back I was in the garge (forget how to properly misspell that) & I heard a noise so went out to investigate. I became aware that I had a Phillips in my hand at the time.

+1
You never really know until it happens and if there is a confrontation it takes bloody ages to come down after its all over unfortunately I forgot the rego of a vehicle they took off in. (I'm still pissed off at myself for that)

[Indiana_Jones]

And he should be - stabbing a burglar is a step too far.

Depends if the burglar is threating you/your loved ones first.

Better to be judged by 12 then carried by 6 as they say....

-Indy

[Banditbandit]

Yeah the keyboard warriors are well represented in this thread fo sho

Yeah ... the ":do-gooders" (as you term us)are not going to argue - not worth the effort ...

[Big Dave]

Better to.......

Indy Gold. Deserves fix the typo.

[Mental Trousers]

Nobody should be afforded the protection of the Law while they are breaking the Law.

They are choosing to step outside the boundaries laid down by the laws. They are therefore implicitly agreeing that they're not covered by those same laws. So if someone gets stabbed while committing a robbery, suck it up and DON'T DO THE FUCKEN ROBBERY.

The kids a hero. The thief is a piece of shit. The dad is lucky his son has his back.

[Virago]

Back the hysteria truck up a bit. Breaking into (what appears to be) an external garage is hardly a threatening home invasion.

If the young feller is found not guilty by the court, I'll be quite happy. But it is for the court to decide...

[Virago]

Nobody should be afforded the protection of the Law while they are breaking the Law...

Again, it comes down to degree. How about shooting speeding motorcyclists? After all, they're breaking the law...

[Hoon]

Yep I'm all for instant death sentence for any intruder who stumbles onto my property uninvited. Not only burglars (especially them dirty lightbulb types!) but drunken students who have the wrong house and try climb in my window at night. Hell even if someone came bursting through my front door incoherently begging for help, yep shotgun to the face.... how was I suppose to know hur hur hur. I'm just a typical kiwi and you can rely on me to make the correct decision on whether someone is a threat or not everytime, all the time, 100%....because like... I know everything.

Disclaimer: The above is a complete pisstake on others who are completely oblivious to the implications of what they are suggesting and should not be taken seriously.

[sugilite:Me]

Your body awakes with a start, you hear something banging in the garage, you stumble through the kitchen, still half asleep picking up the knife used to cut your 15th birthday cake last night, I mean they all pick up a weapon when investigating strange noises at night in the movies eh? You open the door to the garage, getting blinded by the light, you see a silhouette of a man rushing towards you, throwing your arms in FRIGHT, the burglar runs onto the knife!!! In that absolutely foreign and ghastly moment in your innocent gentle life, you just cannot get that horrible thought from your mind.......... "Geez I hope those fellahs on the KB forum go easy on me tomorrow"