What would be with home owners if they happen to kill anyone, who dare burst into their houses with weapons (guns, knife etc)?
We had a case her twelve or eighteen months ago with an old Italian gent and his wife who live not too far from where I live.
They experienced a home invasion (which was not their first) and they had locked themselves in their bed room because they were so afraid.
He had armed himself with a firearm and when they were broken into by two thugs he told them not to come into his bedroom because he had a gun.
They kicked the door down anyway so he shot one of them.
The offender lived and the two lowlifes were charged, but for a while there the old chap had to endure an investigation with the very real possibility that he would be charged too.
At the end of the day common sense prevailed and he wasn't charged but he has never got over it and never will.
As far as I am concerned, if they break into your home they take their chances.
The law here states that you can only use "reasonable force" to protect yourself, and of course that is open to interpretation and each case is taken on its merits.
There is a lot of talk about it on radio at the moment and one lady rang in and said she had two Rottweillers and a sign on her gate which read, "Today's burglar, tomorrow's Rottie sh1t."
Love it.
