The Right to Self Defence (2 Viewers)

[zombie omie jay]

of course he was charged; the more pertinent question is whether or not he will be convicted

why should he be charged?

the crimes act is very clear on this

the intruders were armed and he disarmed and shot one in the leg in the process

even if this was drug related it should have ZERO bearing on the police prosecution fuck what a disturbing precedent

hey we're charging your for manslaughter after you shot this guy with his own gun whilst he was trying to murder you because you have an outstanding parking fine

 

[meilz92]

i doubt he will be convicted. if he is then lol shit is fucked up.

 

[abbeyroad]

it's not the police's job to interpret the law etc
still the court could have thrown out the case
lol what a waste of time and taxpayers money

 

[Blastus]

QLD is like Texas compared to NSW

you can do some crazy shit

 

[bored6]

ITT: Pseudo-lawyers

 

[SnowFox]

ITT: Pseudo-lawyers

You know better?

 

[bored6]

I don't pretend to, there are far more issues involved than simply copy and pasting legislation from websites and attempting to connect the dots.

 

[funkshen]

What is copying and pasting without diagrammatic analysis courtesy of MS Paint.

 

[zombie omie jay]

I don't pretend to, there are far more issues involved than simply copy and pasting legislation from websites and attempting to connect the dots.

yeah we should definitely not even attempt to understand the issue at all lets just sit back and watch some more xfactor

 

[Chemical Ali]

yeah we should definitely not even attempt to understand the issue at all lets just sit back and watch some more xfactor

the xfactor is in summer, we're watching australia's got talent now, geez keep up

 

[Aquawhite]

Risky topic. I think it'll be interesting to see whether it's justifiable to 'defend' your property rather than a defense of your own life at risk (although the man may have perceived the intruders to be threatening his life also).

I'm on the fence with this one.

 

[zombie omie jay]

your life is your property

 

[ZombieApocalypse]

He shouldn't be charged with anything. He's the victim here...
He had no choice. Had he not defended himself, he probably would have ended up dead.

:/
How does shooting someone in the leg kill them? I don't get it...

 

[swizzler]

good post abbeyroad i have been curious about the laws for aw hile now

 

[scarybunny]

If someone is in your house, with a gun, they're fair game. That gun shows intent to harm you, he's not just in there to have a look around or steal your ipod.

 

[katie tully]

this is the one thing i could stomach adopting from america

shooting people who come to take your shit and/or liberty. get off my lawn, motherlickers.

 

[RANK 1]

He shouldn't be charged with anything. He's the victim here...
He had no choice. Had he not defended himself, he probably would have ended up dead.

:/
How does shooting someone in the leg kill them? I don't get it...

it clearly says he bled to death..

 

[RANK 1]

just a question, if say some1 is trying to mug you but you end up beating them unconscious, but instead of stopping there you continue to beat them to death would it still be self-defence?

 

[ZombieApocalypse]

it clearly says he bled to death..

I skimmed it, so I must have missed that part.

Wow. Didn't know one could bleed to death so quickly from such a wound...

 

[RANK 1]

not that hard if you hit an artery