J.D. Heyes
Natural News
September 12, 2012
There is a saying – in the U.S., anyway – that a “man’s house is his
castle.” That saying can carry a host of meanings, not the least of
which is that a man’s home is his sacred sanctuary and it cannot be
violated by anyone.
But that’s here in the United States, where political correctness in
the legal system hasn’t quite reached the level it has in our cousin
country, Great Britain.
There, defending your home can land you in jail, while the trespasser criminal is allowed, in some cases, to get off scot-free.
A report in the Daily Telegraph provided a glimpse into this topsy-turvy, upside-down legal precedent.
In one recent incident, a farm tenant and his wife, both of whom had suffered a number of break-ins already, were arrested
and jailed after using a legally-owned firearm (not an easy thing to
obtain in the gun-free zone of England) to shoot at and wound one of two
burglars who surprised the couple in the night.
But wait. The outrage gets worse.
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