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On Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:55:46 -0000, Bill
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On Friday, November 7, 2014 11:05:16 PM UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
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news On Thu, 06 Nov 2014 01:34:09 -0000, Rod Speed

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Uncle Peter wrote:

You can stab a burglar in America.

You can if you are in danger in that soggy little island too.

And you should be allowed to here too.

You are if you are in danger.

If you do you'll be prosecuted and msot likely found guilty. Ask Tony
Martin.

I seem to recall, from the news reports, that in TM's case the guy who
was shot was running away, therefore TM was no longer in danger. There
is a subtle difference here, which makes a big difference, in the
actions that you are allowed to take.

But if you are in danger can be subjective.

Sure.

I might be attacking you, you fend me off, then I'm walking away from you.
How do you know I'm not about to grab a rock and chuck it at you?

You don't. But if you disturb some burglars and they
run away when they realise that you are onto them,
its much more likely that they will just keep running.

To be safe, you should disable me completely.

Not necessarily, that may just increase
the danger to you to try to do that.

There have been plenty that have ended up getting stabbed
by a burglar who was prevented from getting away.