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Originally posted by leeboy:


If I am home, a criminal breaks into my house, he poses a treat to me and my family...he gets one warning to get on the floor and wait for the police...if he does not he will be shot and killed by me. 12 year olds in this country can be hard criminals and kill people (not uncommon). So age does not matter...he better get on the floor immediately and drop any weapon he has. If he comes at me with any weapon or just personally, he will be shot dead.

Are you guys telling me if he (the one we are talking about here) in your country comes into your house you can do nothing legally?

By the way, any cop I have talked to says be sure and kill him, so they or me does not have to deal with him in court.

If any of you live in a country where there is not 'any' of those guys...great, if I moved there I would not need any guns in my house.

Lee S.


1) Can you operate a weapon under extreme stress? (supposedly extreme stress happens when someone is heard in the house at night)

2) Yes, in most of Europe, if you manage to break the intruder's bones, you will be charged. There is one case that I know, here in Greece, where someone used a hunting rifle to shoot a burglar inside their home and got away free, after a lengthy trial. But this was in a rural area, where burglaries were very common, the guy was an old man, and all his villages' people were everyday outside the court, demonstrating. It doesn't happen. No "castle doctrine" here.

My TV is on in the other room and the newscaster just said "No robberies were commited today" in a triumphant voice.