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Originally Posted by TexasSP
I just have to ask, if an intruder breaks into your house and threatens your family, how will you respond? What if the intruder is only carrying a knife, but what if he has a gun?
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I understand your point. I find it a little doomsday but hey, plenty have optimists have been caught short before!
In Australia you can only use reasonable force even if you're the victim of home invasion or forced entry. This means (in general terms) you can't kill them, shoot them, bash them, detain them etc...you're supposed to shoo them out the door & call the cops!!
I however live in a reality that says; "if you come in uninvited, you're getting whatever I have that will hurt or maim until you leave". Part of this reality also recognises that these events are very rare in Sydney & rarer still where I live. As I suggested before it may be a case of nation-centric mindsets that don't fit specific circumstances
My mother chose to live on Sydney's meanest street for 10 years (it's long story). It was a no-go area during the day...don't even think of it at night!! She had bullet holes in the front of her house & acquired more as more guns were brought into the street. The residents armed themselves against rivals who had guns...things escalated (or degenerated) from there & drive-by's were happening almost weekly...point being, violence & especially armed violence, in my opinion breeds more of the same as the arms race ensues...