2aguy
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In this article you will see what happens when the anti gunners win.....normal, law abiding citizens are arrested and have their lives destroyed when they try to stop criminals from attacking them....
Scott Morefield - Make No Mistake - The Gun Controllers Want to Take Away Your Right to Self-defense
In August 1999, British farmer Tony Martin, whose home and farm had been invaded multiple times over a span of years, grabbed a pump action shotgun and opened fire on a pair of would-be burglars he discovered in his home, killing 16-year-old Fred Barras and wounding 33-year-old Brendon Fearon in the leg.
Instead of some free counseling and maybe even a medal for his act of heroism, Martin was arrested by British authorities, charged with murder and wounding with intent, and sentenced to life in prison. Although his sentence was eventually reduced to manslaughter, Martin was denied early release based on the fact that he had “shown no remorse and would continue to pose a danger to…”
Wait for it…
“...any other burglars.”
As for the actual surviving burglar - Brendon Fearon’s prison time served, a total of 18 months of a three year sentence, ended up being significantly less than the three years Martin had to endure for defending his home. And to add insult to injury, the habitual criminal was then given £5,000 in legal aid to sue Martin for “loss of earnings.”
In August 2010, Canadian Ian Thompson woke up to find four masked men standing in his lawn shouting death threats and tossing firebombs at his home and around his property. Sadly, the minute or so it took for Thompson to retrieve his firearm from its locked container, load it, and come out to fire three warning shots at the intruders to scare them off was too short for Canadian authorities, who charged Thompson with having his ammunition too “readily accessible” to his firearm.
What’s the point of having “common sense” gun laws, after all, if you can access your firearm before firebombers are able to successfully burn your house down?
Before settling on the “careless storage of a firearm” charge, which was eventually dismissed by a judge, authorities had tried to charge Thompson with “careless use” and “pointing” a firearm. They apparently realized that a jury might sympathize with a homeowner using a gun against men trying to burn his home down. Thankfully, Thompson ended up beating the rap on this one, but not the ride, which is a testament to a bit of common sense but also to the absurdity of poorly written Canadian gun laws.
Scott Morefield - Make No Mistake - The Gun Controllers Want to Take Away Your Right to Self-defense
In August 1999, British farmer Tony Martin, whose home and farm had been invaded multiple times over a span of years, grabbed a pump action shotgun and opened fire on a pair of would-be burglars he discovered in his home, killing 16-year-old Fred Barras and wounding 33-year-old Brendon Fearon in the leg.
Instead of some free counseling and maybe even a medal for his act of heroism, Martin was arrested by British authorities, charged with murder and wounding with intent, and sentenced to life in prison. Although his sentence was eventually reduced to manslaughter, Martin was denied early release based on the fact that he had “shown no remorse and would continue to pose a danger to…”
Wait for it…
“...any other burglars.”
As for the actual surviving burglar - Brendon Fearon’s prison time served, a total of 18 months of a three year sentence, ended up being significantly less than the three years Martin had to endure for defending his home. And to add insult to injury, the habitual criminal was then given £5,000 in legal aid to sue Martin for “loss of earnings.”
In August 2010, Canadian Ian Thompson woke up to find four masked men standing in his lawn shouting death threats and tossing firebombs at his home and around his property. Sadly, the minute or so it took for Thompson to retrieve his firearm from its locked container, load it, and come out to fire three warning shots at the intruders to scare them off was too short for Canadian authorities, who charged Thompson with having his ammunition too “readily accessible” to his firearm.
What’s the point of having “common sense” gun laws, after all, if you can access your firearm before firebombers are able to successfully burn your house down?
Before settling on the “careless storage of a firearm” charge, which was eventually dismissed by a judge, authorities had tried to charge Thompson with “careless use” and “pointing” a firearm. They apparently realized that a jury might sympathize with a homeowner using a gun against men trying to burn his home down. Thankfully, Thompson ended up beating the rap on this one, but not the ride, which is a testament to a bit of common sense but also to the absurdity of poorly written Canadian gun laws.
