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**Rndouglas** · 06-13-2007, 01:35 PM

If I feel my life is in danger, I am legally released from liability if I shoot and kill the bastard.

Amazingly, that is also the case here in the UK. Common Law states that you can use 'appropriate' force if you feel that your (or someone else's) life is in danger. However, it is all about being able to justify your actions.

There was a farmer here who got prosecuted sucessfully when he was burgled by a bunch of youths and he shot one of them. The only problem was that the kid was fleeing and got shot in the back, so the murdering farmer's 'self-defence' case held no water.

06-13-2007, 01:35 PM	#5
Rndouglas Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 387 Senior Member	If I feel my life is in danger, I am legally released from liability if I shoot and kill the bastard. Amazingly, that is also the case here in the UK. Common Law states that you can use 'appropriate' force if you feel that your (or someone else's) life is in danger. However, it is all about being able to justify your actions. There was a farmer here who got prosecuted sucessfully when he was burgled by a bunch of youths and he shot one of them. The only problem was that the kid was fleeing and got shot in the back, so the murdering farmer's 'self-defence' case held no water.
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