Would the police count this as an offensive weapon?

Not sure what the police would think of all the swords, knives, and dirks I keep under the bed.
It's a hobby...
 
balky12 said:
Ha, no... most of the time (3), they try and steal things from the outhouse at the end of the garden... 90ft+ garden means they have ample time to jump back over the fence once they hear the back door open or see me turn the kitchen light on... so they just run away :(
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You should get yourself a guard dog with a garden of that size, we have a couple of attack cuddly dogs that are highly protective of their owners and property, or territory as they see it. And boy can they run.. Tip, if there is an incident, egg them on furiously call them off immediately! ;)
 
balky12 said:
Still a bit of a grey area... our first attempted burglary was middle of the day. We literally pulled up on the drive and went into the house just as said burglar was letting himself in the back door.

Basically he ran away and we guessed to the nearby woodland/ lake. We jumped in the car and waited for him at the other exit whilst mum phoned the police. Fact me and the old man went looking for him meant the police arrived in minutes with 2 dog units. Surely enough we found him and he jumped into some back garden, we followed, all hell broke loose and he ended up battered. Police arrived as owner of house ushered them in. Was pretty obvious we gave him a beating but nothing came of it. Might of helped that he was known to police and failed to turn up in court. Found 2 knives on him and he spent next 2 years in prison...
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SciNeT said:
You should get yourself a guard dog with a garden of that size, we have a couple of attack cuddly dogs that are highly protective of their owners and property, or territory as they see it. And boy can they run.. Tip, if there is an incident, egg them on furiously call them off immediately! ;)
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Allergic unfortunately :( - well... not all, but so far the ones I'm not allergic to wouldn't make great guard dogs.
 
I smell a lot of bull **** in this thread... :p

It has got me wondering what I have on hand to defend myself if someone breaks in though. The closest semi-useful thing upstairs would be my Ducky keyboard (very weighty!)

Everything else is downstairs. Knives, a cricket bat, torch, etc.

balky12 said:
Nah you're right. I completely made it up in a vain attempt to impress some strangers over the internet
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In fairness, people do it all the time...
 
Acme said:
It has got me wondering what I have on hand to defend myself if someone breaks in though. The closest semi-useful thing upstairs would be my Ducky keyboard (very weighty!)

Everything else is downstairs. Knives, a cricket bat, torch, etc.
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I got the torch upstairs and that's about it. Normally it's just the outhouse that they try to get into, but if they got into my house it will probably be via the back door straight into the kitchen... and where all the knives are and a bat... not quite sure I would fancy my chances if they got into my house ha!

Most of burglars are opportunists though and don't want confrontation.
 
scorza said:
What's the mandatory sentence for murder?
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If it got that far I'm sure there would be multiple options for them to choose, manslaughter being one...

Out of interest can you provide a relatively recent link to a newspaper article where someone was sentenced to murder after defending themselves in their own home? In fact can you find one of someone being sentenced to manslaughter?
 
Amp34 said:
Out of interest can you provide a relatively recent link to a newspaper article where someone was sentenced to murder after defending themselves in their own home? In fact can you find one of someone being sentenced to manslaughter?
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the ones that you can find tend to be quite reasonable convictions - Tony Martin for example... he shot someone in the back as they were fleeing - hardly 'self defence'

yet people still bleat about it - in reality you're perfectly entitled to defend yourself in your own home, using weapons if needed too
 
That's my point. It "seems", according to some people, that being arrested and convicted for defending yourself in your own home is common yet the only ones I can think of are ones like Tony Martin as you say.
 
What would happen if you worked for a University or lab and had some lovely E-coli colonies resting in the fridge and accidentally...had some in a syringe and stabbed the attacker with it?! :confused:

;)
 
Amp34 said:
That's my point. It "seems", according to some people, that being arrested and convicted for defending yourself in your own home is common yet the only ones I can think of are ones like Tony Martin as you say.
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You assume that people are perfectly fine if they are arrested, charged and then found not guilty - they aren't. I want to make sure that in the event of a home intruder I don't get arrested while at the same time have the capability to defend myself using reasonable force, which includes chasing the perpetrator should he run away.
 
dowie said:
the ones that you can find tend to be quite reasonable convictions - Tony Martin for example... he shot someone in the back as they were fleeing - hardly 'self defence'

yet people still bleat about it - in reality you're perfectly entitled to defend yourself in your own home, using weapons if needed too
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Tony Martin only did the same thing as the Captain and crew of HMS Conqueror did in the Falklands War (submarine that sunk the Belgrano). In your world would you like to see our sailors done for murder for that incident?
 
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