From: "Michael Burke", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<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.>>
>I understood the term was reasonable force.
Actually, reasonable force only applies to arresting someone. It does NOT
include self defence. Read section 3 of the 1967 Criminal Law Act
carefully.It says
3. Use of force in making arrest, etc(a).-(1) A person may use such force
as is reasonable(b) in the circumstances in the prevention of crime, or in
effecting or assisting in the lawful arrest (c) of offenders or suspected
offenders or of persons unlawfully at large.
Nothing there about self defence is there?
Self defence, prevention of crime and assisting in the lawful arrest are
three entirely different things.
We've all been had.
Regards,
Mike Burke.
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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