Leo
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I agree with that.However some of the scumbag sympathizers out there are arguing that he was a kid that shot by mean ol vigilantes.
I am sure that to some elderly people out there I am a kid. However the only reason for calling a dead scumbag a kid in this thread is to fraudulently imply that he was somehow a child or a minor.
I take your point James, and it is obvious that he was not a minor. I merely pointed out that many people, and not particularly elderly ones, still regard me as a kid, despite the fact that I turned 18 recently. He was only two years older, so perhaps to some people - he was a kid. Those people are not scumbags for having some sympathy with his death.
You do not know why he was hiding.He could have been reaching for a weapon or trying to ambush them. You don't.
No one can get into someone else's mind, and divine their intentions, so we must be guided by the balance of probability. He was being chased by men with guns, and he ran into a shed. The balance of probability is that he was seeking shelter, and to hide from these men. Of course, he could have had military weapons cached there, perhaps an RPG. But given that this was on private property to which he had heretofore little access, that is not the balance of probability. So we are left with the most likely circumstance that he was afraid for his life and was hiding. With good reason, as it rurned out.
The burglar was trespassing and trying to burglarize the place. You do not know for sure if he was trying to flee.
It is fact that initially, he was trespassing, and it would be a reasonable assumption that he intended to steal something. However, the facts as reported, indicate that he was being confronted by three armed men, his partner in crime fled over the fence, and he ran to a nearby shed. All the circumstances, and common sense, point to his attempting to remove himself from immediate danger as quickly as possible. This could reasonably be regarded as attempting to flee.
Do you have any links that property owner may not arm themselves and be ready in the event their property is burglarized?
That depends upon the jurisdiction. In the UK, Norfolk farmer Tony Martin was initially sentenced to life imprisonment for doing exactly that - lying in wait for burglars, and then shooting one of them dead.
The Conservatives have made attempts to change the law to allow things like that, but have been unsuccessful so far. The self-defence law does not need unreasonable changes | Issy McCann | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
The US is not some Eurotrash country that sympathizes with criminals. So it is legal here in the US to shoot a burglar.
I am surprised it is not illegal in your country for rape victims to defend themselves.
Your ad hominems towards all Europeans do you little credit, and do not enhance your case. I should avoid that tactic if I were you. Debate the facts, as reported, of this issue, and people may have more regard for what you have to say.