Sprackles Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25490752 Reads like the Police are fine with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Sounds fair enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Well, a year or two back he would have got hauled off and lost his SGC, seems David Cameron has made a difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Should have got a pat on the back for restraint. After all his family were in the house at the time. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parapilot Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Didn't Cameron say he was starting to protect home owners protecting life and property. If he felt his life was at risk then he would be in his right to defend himself. Shot in the air is the best way all round, just glad they have seen it for what it was, and not jumped onto the easy conviction bandwagon. Most of us would not get the guns out in time, but as a farmer he must have been foxing from the window etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanl50 Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Should have got a pat on the back for restraint. After all his family were in the house at the time. Figgy +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnerbob Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Common sense prevails at last... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 It's reported that they were trying to smash their way into the house. Seems like a proportionate response to me. There's no report of damage to the house caused by the shot so I'm assuming that he was outside the house and just returning from shooting Rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remimax Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) i was told by a copper that the phrase to use is " i feared for my life" as yer defence. i'm sure there was a scrote change of underwear after that little visit Edited December 23, 2013 by Remimax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 So, they know you are in the house with your family, you've told them to ****** off, and yet they still carry on trying to break in & break the door down. They are expecting a fight when they get in. Clearly appropriate to fire one into the air in self-defence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfiddler Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Damn shame you can't put a Rock Salt round at their back pocket, just enough to make the thieving rotten fatherless people squeal & then be arrested, charged & made to do proper time not just a few weeks holiday at tax payers expense Well done the farmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottoj18 Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) Nice to see! I'd pick up the chainsaw before the gun.. That would scare the **** out of anyone trying to get in the house. Start that up in a silent house Edited December 23, 2013 by Scottoj18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFreeman1310 Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 About time people were not convicted for protecting what is there own. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Common sense prevails at last... +1, Good on the farmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Saves digging holes on the farm dunnit LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 As far as I'm concerned if some burglar is in my house then IMO my life and my family's lives are in danger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88b Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Common sense, reading the BBC report the police appear to be backing the farmer . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlewis Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) Fair play to him but I was thinking pepper corns instead of rock salt not want the risk of salt causing the inners of the barrel rusting lol. I have a 10 bore single muzzle loader, load it up with tin tacks that should slow them down. Edited December 23, 2013 by johnlewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Rock salt home defence loads, self sterilising wounds sting like a paper cut when eating salt n vinegar crisps, enough to deter anyone. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Always worked on the basis that I never point a gun at anything I don't want to shoot. I'd never use an unloaded gun to try and put off a burglar as if they then did you harm they would probably get away with it as self defense, despite them being in your house uninvited. We have some lovely decorative Maori war clubs around the house and the dogs kick off if a cat walks past the house so we have a good early warning system. If anybody did ever get through the defenses I wouldn't hesitate to use whatever force was necessary to protect myself and family from the threat. No point arguing the finer points while your throat is being cut!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev56 Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Damn shame you can't put a Rock Salt round at their back pocket, just enough to make the thieving rotten fatherless people squeal & then be arrested, charged & made to do proper time not just a few weeks holiday at tax payers expense Well done the farmer. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumfelter Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 About time people were not convicted for protecting what is there own. John Absolutely nothing to convict on. Legally held shotgun fired into the air on his own land,what charges could there be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryman Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 I agree about Rock Salt loads, nobody's going to get killed, just sore in the right place. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Well, a year or two back he would have got hauled off and lost his SGC, seems David Cameron has made a difference! No he wouldn't, however shooting at them is where you get problems. He took the sane option and scared them off, had they refused to take the hint then he would have had a few more questions to answer but that's always going to be the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFreeman1310 Posted December 24, 2013 Report Share Posted December 24, 2013 Absolutely nothing to convict on. Legally held shotgun fired into the air on his own land,what charges could there be?Discharging his weapon in a aggressive manor using a weapon for intimidation..... All could be used as a charge, like it has been said though common seance has been used and no charges made don't try amd start a argument over a comment your trying to find a fault in.John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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