Canadian Home Owner Defends Home
Finally some good news regarding home defense in Canada, on March 17th a Vaughan home was broken into by three armed intruders. The home owner had a legally stored firearm, and discharged it at the intruders and hit one of them causing them to retreat. The person hit was found 3 hours later in a hospital with a gunshot wound.
What is nice about this story is that the homeowner was not charged because he was licensed and had a legally stored firearm. This is a refreshing change of pace because usually the home owner gets charged for negligence because usually they argue there was "no threat" to the home owners life.
My question is, should home owners be allowed to discharge firearms to anyone entering their homes even if they are not armed, because there is no reason for someone to enter someone else's house unless they have ill intent. Personally I think that it would be nice to not have the threat of going to jail for defending yourself, within of course.
Finally some good news regarding home defense in Canada, on March 17th a Vaughan home was broken into by three armed intruders. The home owner had a legally stored firearm, and discharged it at the intruders and hit one of them causing them to retreat. The person hit was found 3 hours later in a hospital with a gunshot wound.
What is nice about this story is that the homeowner was not charged because he was licensed and had a legally stored firearm. This is a refreshing change of pace because usually the home owner gets charged for negligence because usually they argue there was "no threat" to the home owners life.
My question is, should home owners be allowed to discharge firearms to anyone entering their homes even if they are not armed, because there is no reason for someone to enter someone else's house unless they have ill intent. Personally I think that it would be nice to not have the threat of going to jail for defending yourself, within of course.