<VV> Stolen Corvair recovered

[Jim Houston]

Actually, in the UK the people are "Subjects"...  (no guns allowed)..  
We are "Citizens" ... (firearms allowed for protection).  They just 
removed the "duty to retreat" law here in Florida -- if you catch 
someone in your house, and you feel that your life is in danger, you can 
now shoot first and ask questions later...  (just don't shoot him in the 
back!)...

Jim Houston
Brandon, FL

Dave Morris wrote:

>
>> At 08:44 hours 05/23/2005, Bill Elliott wrote:
>>
>>> Current case law gives you the right of self-defense ONLY when your 
>>> life (or someone else's life) is threatened, NOT when you are 
>>> "merely" protecting property. (For the logical evolution of this 
>>> line of thought, check out the UK citizen who shot armed thiefs IN 
>>> HIS HOME and went to jail for a far longer period than the criminals 
>>> for using "unauthorized force".) I understand that even the police 
>>> are not authorized to use deadly force if ONLY property is 
>>> endangered. So Tony, think twice about slapping that perp with a 
>>> rock unless he's in your house...
>>>
>>> Bill Elliott
>>
>
> Wonder if the operative phrase here is "UK citizen".  Every state and 
> country has its own laws.  Here in Texas, for instance, it used to be 
> OK to shoot a horse thief.  And we just traded our horses in on cars 
> pretty recently.  So it may actually still be legal here to shoot 
> someone who is stealing your 110 horses!  I wouldn't advise anybody to 
> kill another human just because he was taking his $3000 rust bucket, 
> but I do understand the frustration with crime.
>
>
> Dave Morris
>
>
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