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Post by ♫anna♫ on Dec 29, 2009 0:17:40 GMT
In Europe this elderly man would expect criminal charges for rightly defending himself as he did!cbs13.com/local/south.sacramento.home.2.1393188.html QUOTE: Dec 27, 2009 11:15 pm US/Pacific 81-Year-Old Man Opens Fire On Home Invaders More Local News Reporting Andrew Luria SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ¯ Click to enlarge1 of 1 Howard Buckner grabbed his deer rifle when the suspects left him alone in his bedroom for just a few seconds. CBS An 81-year-old man proved to be anything but an easy target when two armed men tried robbing his home. Howard Buckner, an army veteran who saw combat in the Korean War, opened his front door Saturday night when two men in their 20s said their car broke down and asked to use his phone. "They pulled a pistol right out," Howard said. "I knew I was in trouble." The suspects searched Buckner's home, grabbing his wallet and other valuables, such as the wedding ring he hasn't worn since his wife Betsy died three months ago. As they ransacked the South Sacramento home, they left Buckner alone in his bedroom. "The deer rifle was hidden in the bedroom, and they left me in the bedroom for just a few seconds," he said. "In about five seconds, it was firing." Howard said he hasn't fired the weapon since 1960 and bought the bullets for it about 50 years ago, but he squeezed off several shots into his home. One broke his bedroom window, another through his door, a third through his bathroom wall and a fourth ended up in his furnace halfway across his house. "Yeah, the furnace will work, but I don't think it's safe," Buckner said. The intruders immediately fled the house, taking some of what was in their hands but dropping some of the rest, including Howard's wedding ring. The suspects caused damage to the home's front fence when they left in a hurry. Both suspects are still at large.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2009 8:04:48 GMT
Well, in Britain he might get charged with holding in unlicensed weapon, but I think that what he did might come under self defence, especially given that the burglars were armed.
Though he might have some problems with his insurance company if he tried to claim for the damage he caused to his home!
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Post by jean on Dec 29, 2009 9:05:38 GMT
...I think that what he did might come under self defence... I think it would. The hgh-profile cases here have involved attacking intruders when they had already left the premises and were running away.
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Post by riotgrrl on Dec 29, 2009 10:17:33 GMT
Anna, please.
"In Europe . ."
There's not a single criminal jurisdiction in 'Europe'. There are as many differences between laws on these kinds of things as there are nations.
And, as Skylark has already pointed out, you're wrong about how it would be interpreted in the UK jurisdictions.
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