One of the things that really aggravates me (and most of the rest of the law abiding population of the UK) is the way in which the Human Rights act has been butchered and bastardized to work in favor of criminals: If I find a burglar in my home and he attacks me, and I then fight back and in any way injure him, I am the one going to court for assault, never mind that he was in my home illegally at night and tried to attack me.
So it is a breath of fresh air to read an article from the US which shows exactly how things should be done: LINK
A breif overview is as follows:
A man with a gun (It turned out to be a BB gun but that is entirely beside the point) tried to rob a Donut store in the early hours of the morning. Hearing the noise a neighbor of the shop, a 54 year old, raced to help his neighbor and in the process shot the robber and killed him.
The shooter is unlikely to go to court because the man he shot was clearly breaking the law and appeared to be armed while he was doing it.
Bloody right as well! If you take away the guns we need this kind of attitude in the UK, and then perhaps the crime rate (Which the Police seem powerless to influence) will drop in reality, and not just in numbers manipulated by the government.
