From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<Firearms for self defence in the home are lawful as the following
extract from the debates on the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 confirms. The
Bill only applied to the carriage of weapons in public places. Lord Lloyd
(a sponsor of the Bill) reminded the House of Lords that;>>
If you lawfully hold a firearm for, say, shooting deer, there is absolutely
nothing wrong in using it for self defence in the home PROVIDED that:
It is the minimum force required in the circumstances.
It is proportional to the perception of the threat at the time.
The full circumstances are such that it is reasonable.
Let me state an example.......
You come face to face with an intruder, who is armed with a knife and
threatens you with it. You are able to reach your firearm, and in turn,
threaten the intruder with it, who surrenders and is arrested by the police.
(yes, your initial actions are an arrest, I know.)
No problem.
Now.....if you take your firearm and shoot the intruder in circumstances
where a warning was not given, although it would have been possible and
reasonable to do so, then a court hearing will result. Proportionality comes
into the calculation.
Now if it is dark.......you cant see a weapon........you are
terrified...........
Its not an easy call to make, is it.
IG
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