I'm talking in the context of my home country.
High Court: Homeowners can use 'disproportionate force' against burglars
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I keep a Katana on my bedroom wall, its sharp and will cut a human in half.
Would like a volunteer to test it out
Would like a volunteer to test it out
I keep a Katana on my bedroom wall, its sharp and will cut a human in half.
Would like a volunteer to test it out
I struggle to see how that would ever be considered reasonable force.
Is it even legal to own that when sharpened?
I keep a Katana on my bedroom wall, its sharp and will cut a human in half.
Would like a volunteer to test it out
I like restrictive gun laws. They protect me from weirdo weapon fetishists.
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In a dwelling, yes.
I keep a Katana on my bedroom wall, its sharp and will cut a human in half.
Would like a volunteer to test it out
Enjoy your jail time.
I keep a Katana on my bedroom wall, its sharp and will cut a human in half.
Would like a volunteer to test it out
Pfft, bet mine is bigger than yours, mines probably a bit heavier as well, though not sharpened.
Still wouldn't like to be on the receiving end of a whack!
Pfft, bet mine is bigger than yours, mines probably a bit heavier as well, though not sharpened.
Still wouldn't like to be on the receiving end of a whack!
Frostmourne hungers...
(is it extremely sad that I recognised it instantly?)
Frostmourne hungers...
(is it extremely sad that I recognised it instantly?)
Probably about as sad as the loser who brought it.... oh...
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Yeah i would rather have a bat over either of your swords in the dark against a wary target and in a confined space with furniture around. Cutting with a sword is not just swinging into a target, if the angle of the blade is not right with the swing as it makes contact, it will hurt but you will struggle to bite too deep into muscle and certainly in most bedrooms the action requires far more control than the use of a shorter blunt weapon with a bit more weight on the end of it. hell, i would even take a rounders bat over that comicon fantasy sword any day in a burglar scenario
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When the threat the householder genuinely believed they faced was such that the use of such a weapon, and the injuries inflicted with it, were not grossly disproportionate in the light of that perceived threat.
Thanks for your pointless little gem, but cutting someone in half could never be construed as reasonable force.
What about if someone has a shotgun held to your head and says "cut the other bloke in half or I'll shoot!" and the other guy is also threatening you with a chainsaw?
I missed this first time around.
Sounds like a story that needs to be told. Not your everyday hoodlum that breaks in with an Assault rifle.
What about if someone has a shotgun held to your head and says "cut the other bloke in half or I'll shoot!" and the other guy is also threatening you with a chainsaw?
Ok you got me on that one
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How crazy it would be to assume the guy robbing you only wants to nick stuff 
May be the last thing you ever assume (which would definitely live up to its name). I do understand, you have the British way of thinking, America is vastly different, maybe because the typical person breaking into your home here is a drugged up lunatic.
No, they are still characterised as drugged up lunatics over here too....the difference is they aren't drugged up lunatics with a gun...
A drugged up lunatic, with a gun.
I can't understand how you can't see the irony that relaxed gun laws and a strong gun lobby enabling people to easily get a hold of weapons, makes "ordinary" burglars more dangerous.