TOUCHY SUBJECT-burglars+shotgun=life sentance?

[GEOFF.223 83]

was having a convo with my girlfriend after i was reading about the couple who had charges dropped after shooting 2 burglurs.

 

i said to her would you shoot a burglar if they came in to the house, her answer point blank no under any circumstances ¡ ¡ ¡

 

NOW I LOOKED into law on wat is reasonable force but that leaves ( )a big margon.

 

so my question to yous is using a shotgun to protect yourself against per say 4 intruders reasonable force?

 

im not asking would you but do you think its reasonable force ?

 

this is only a question no one get upset if you have nothing sensible to say dont say it. please

 

[chris k 205]

I personaly see it a reasanble force to cut the feckers hands off and cauterise the wound with salt so they cant re-attach the hands after. So do i see it a reasonable to shoot a burgler HELL YES I DO!!

[Sjt657 191]

Yep shoot them in the face !!!

[treecreeper 1,136]

same here, although the dog would probably get him first, shooting him with a .22 could be fun.

[graham4877 1,181]

one in guts first then 3 min later in head!

[Chid 6,377]

no i would not shoot a burglar unless i thought he meant me or my family harm

[JohnGalway 1,043]

I'd imagine you'd need to have a good reason as to why you were able to access your guns so quickly? I'd also imagine you'd need to have done an excessive amount of warning, possibly including firing warning shots, and possibly including shooting to wound and not kill.

 

Not sure I'd be able to get to my guns so quickly if something were to happen to be honest. Might be better to have the odd golf club or baseball bat laying about. Even then it'll be asked "Is that where you'd normally keep such an item" and it would want to be as they'll check.

[kirstysdad 827]

yep but will also need plastic sheeting bleach spade= no charges

[Carraghs Gem 1,675]

I wouldnt dream of maiming/killing an intruder and of course id offer them tea and scones while we wait for the an garda siocana to come over and tell them what naughty boys they are.

[paulus 26]

i believe it would be more difficult to prove that you shot them out of fear (precieved harm) than it would be if they had actually attacked you. however as long as its not the rentman making a late night call and its clear there up to no good then they choose to put themselves in harms way.

[AR177 588]

Personally if they are in your house how the hell are you supposed to know what their intentions are? 'oh im only here to rob your stuff' or 'oh im only here to rape and murder your kids'..... either way they deserve every shotgun shell you own pumping into them!

 

& if they wernt in there in the first place then it wouldn't of happened so it their own fault for being scum!

 

I dont mind risking prison time to defend the family

 

ATB

 

Adam

[PLEDGEY 493]

If i had the time to wake up enough to figure out what was going on, then get the keys to the gun cabinet, then take out the SX3, then load it, i would hold them there while the wife phoned the Police. If they made a run for it then just let them go, the danger has left. If they made a move on the wife, the dog or me, then i don't see what option i would have but to imobilise him/them. I think one thing that would put me off from shooting any one that was in my house, is the fact a 12G in a confined space is going to make you as deaf as a hedge, and i wouldn't want the wife, the dog or me to lose their hearing.

[tegater 789]

Yep reasonable force means reasonable as to your honestly held belief as to why they are there, I.e. to steal or to so you harm.

To protect my family, I would give my life, but is unlikely to involve getting to guns in time! I would however use whatever was to hand to defend them, and reasonable.

[bangerstox10 3]

You must fire a warning shot first. Then if they still persue in coming towards you / attacking you then you are allowed to defend yourself with resondable force. But as the local rural policeman said shot them in the front no problems, if shot in back they are running away from you. So you are now not defending yourself but are the agressor now. Personally i would shoot first then ask questions later but i would have fired 2 shots. 1 warning next one making contact but not killing them just wounding them.

A local person i know had defended himself from 4 pykes braking into his yard. He shot at one of them. The pykes then reported him to the police who then arrested him and left his place open for them to return and take what they wanted, including leaving his house open till he was released from the police station next day. The police didn't ask what they were doing on his property.

I would protect my family at any cost or action. How do you know what they are there to do?

The law is an arse it is there to protect the criminals not the victims.

[trenchfoot 4,243]

They touchy - I shooty!