#2902199 - 11/17/09 12:30 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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They are even more rare if eliminated.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
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#2902206 - 11/17/09 12:44 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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I'll guarantee you, if a perp came into a tent of Army Rangers, he is going to have one huge can of whomp ass. They're not going to run away. Not if it was a tent of one.
As for the idea that druggies and car thieves are pretty much harmless, think again. They put themselves into a situation of stealing someone's property. Maybe I like my cash or my car and I don't appreciate jerks taking it away from me. Remember the old West? They hung horse thieves didn't they? Why? Because if you left a man stranded without a horse, he would likely die. So horse thieves got the rope. Not saying that someone who gets their car stolen is going to die like a cowboy, but why the hell should they put up with that? Just roll over I guess.
One more thing. Sometimes, when a crime is in progress, things get out of hand. What starts as a simple burglary, no one gets hurt, turns into two dead people. It happens and it happens all the time.
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#2902216 - 11/17/09 01:01 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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Next morning I checked the side of the house and found the window screen laying on the ground and the sensor bulbs unscrewed. Glad you got out of that situation. Had similar happen, and when a couple of dudes decide they want to kick down a door it happens alarmingly fast. In fact so fast that I had to realize that I might have little chance to even get close to my weapons, or get out of the house. In my case I had to run out the front door while the intruders ran after me from the back. Simple things though can give early warning. Lights placed where anyone near them is very easy to see for neighbors. An intercom system, so you can hear outside more clearly. We started a neighborhood watch group, and the signs were used as a deterrent as well.
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#2902222 - 11/17/09 01:10 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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If knew it was a female nympho I would have helped her through the window, but as I didn't, I figured the best thing to do was to yell and scare him off before he gets inside. Then I would have really been in trouble.
The really scary part was his hand coming through the window to push the curtains aside.
Another real life drama.
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#2902228 - 11/17/09 01:16 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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Understood, that would freak me out too.
You take good precautions that this doesn't happen again.
I can tell you from personal experience that even when there isn't a face to face confrontation, having your home broken into and your stuff stolen is violating. You start watching everyone that walks by, you listen for every noise.
Hell, my house burps and pops all the time in the winter. Sometimes it wakes me up and I go "what the hell was that?" Sometimes it's the house, sometimes it's the cats. Thank God it hasn't been someone trying to get in.
Take care.
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#2902230 - 11/17/09 01:18 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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Remember how they got Luca Brasi to hold still while they garroted him in "The Godfather"? Cheers! Rick...
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#2902259 - 11/17/09 02:00 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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The type of laws that prevent someone from defending their home and family are what bring in more criminals. You may as well make a law saying it is illegal to lock your doors. I don't know if it will bring more criminals, but yes, people should be able to defend their home, their loved ones, and preferably the stranger on the street that is being mugged. I do think it should not get out of hand though. Break his arm or knee with a baseball bat, OK. Keep hitting him on the head repeatedly? That is too much. This 'Castle law' (?) that exists in some states is too extreme in the other direction. If I understand correctly, that allows (yes I know, extreme case) the killing of people taking an apple from the apple tree in your garden.
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#2902268 - 11/17/09 02:18 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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If he were breaking into my garage or my car, I'd just probably scare him off. If he dared enter my house, then meet Mr. Baseball Bat. Sure, I'd not whack him on the head, and I'd stop when he's down, but have you ever taken a swing at someone's midriff? Or his knee? Or his shin? Then I'd call the cops. Disable him first, secure the safety of my family first, then the law can sort the mess out later.
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#2902278 - 11/17/09 02:28 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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The type of laws that prevent someone from defending their home and family are what bring in more criminals. You may as well make a law saying it is illegal to lock your doors. I don't know if it will bring more criminals, but yes, people should be able to defend their home, their loved ones, and preferably the stranger on the street that is being mugged. I do think it should not get out of hand though. Break his arm or knee with a baseball bat, OK. Keep hitting him on the head repeatedly? That is too much. This 'Castle law' (?) that exists in some states is too extreme in the other direction. If I understand correctly, that allows (yes I know, extreme case) the killing of people taking an apple from the apple tree in your garden. There's a different variety of criminal in North America, especially in the U.S. They are more likely to kill to get what they want and many times there's not even any kind of economic incentive. With that being the case it's best to treat intruders as extreme threats and to have laws that see them in that light as well.
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#2902280 - 11/17/09 02:29 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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The type of laws that prevent someone from defending their home and family are what bring in more criminals. You may as well make a law saying it is illegal to lock your doors. Don't listen to those who suggest that you are not allowed to defend yourself or your property in Canada; they're either flat out misinformed or they have an agenda to push by spreading misinformation. The Criminal Code of Canada makes it quite clear that you are allowed to use force - up to an including deadly force, as long as it is warranted - in defense of person and property. Here are the relevant sections: The Criminal Code of Canada DEFENCE OF HOUSE OR REAL PROPERTY
... / Assault by trespasser. 41. (1) Every one who is in peaceable possession of a dwelling-house or real property, and every one lawfully assisting him or acting under his authority, is justified in using force to prevent any person from trespassing on the dwelling-house or real property, or to remove a trespasser therefrom, if he uses no more force than is necessary.
(2) A trespasser who resists an attempt by a person who is in peaceable possession of a dwelling-house or real property, or a person lawfully assisting him or acting under his authority to prevent his entry or to remove him, shall be deemed to commit an assault without justification or provocation. (R.S. c.C-34, s.41.)
http://www.efc.ca/pages/law/cc/cc.41.html SELF-DEFENCE AGAINST UNPROVOKED ASSAULT
... / Extent of justification. 34. (1) Every who is unlawfully assaulted without having provoked the assault is justified in repelling force by force if the force he uses is not intended to cause death or grievous bodily harm and is no more than is necessary to enable him to defend himself.
(2) Every one who is unlawfully assaulted and who causes death or grievous bodily harm in repelling the assault is justified if
(a) he causes it under reasonable apprehension of death or grievous bodily harm from the violence with which the assault was originally made or with which the assailant pursues his purposes; and (b) he believes, on reasonable grounds, that he cannot otherwise preserve himself from death or grievous bodily harm. (R.S. c.C-34, s.34.)
http://www.efc.ca/pages/law/cc/cc.34.html
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#2902285 - 11/17/09 02:38 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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The type of laws that prevent someone from defending their home and family are what bring in more criminals. You may as well make a law saying it is illegal to lock your doors. Don't listen to those who suggest that you are not allowed to defend yourself or your property in Canada; they're either flat out misinformed or they have an agenda to push by spreading misinformation. The Criminal Code of Canada makes it quite clear that you are allowed to use force - up to an including deadly force, as long as it is warranted - in defense of person and property. However in practice the burden of proof will tend to be on you to prove that you used reasonable force. There's a lot of room for legal interpretation in Canadian law you can expect an example being made out of you if at all possible. Anyways, glbarclay, I recall not long ago you saying that people discussing break-ins were paranoid and had something to hide? Is that still the case?
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#2902334 - 11/17/09 03:26 AM
Re: A scary moment.
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glbarclay, I recall not long ago you saying that people discussing break-ins were paranoid and had something to hide? Is that still the case? Yes. When you decide to shoot first and ask questions after. The best defence is to keep them out in the first place.
There's nothing worse than going through life unhappy about various things.
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