Only in Pa. In Fl. this would not have happened.

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Canada is big on the use of "reasonable force". If a 150lb. crackhead breaks into my house armed with a knife and my wife shoots and kills him, she may not be punished. I am 6ft. 1in. tall and weigh 230lbs., if I do the same thing there is every liklihood that I would be charged because I should be able to physically subdue him. That is the way it was explained to me by a LEO.

Mike you are 100% correct about the law in Canada, the problem as I see it is one police oganization in particular are too quick to judge the "innocent" as the agressor. I believe I should be perfectly safe in my home but our "limp wrist" laws say I should wait for the police to arrive, like I have the time to try to baracade myself in my bathroom now that I am no longer a 30 year old. I remember the discussion on the radio a few years ago about legistlation being introduced in Oklahoma (?) about a home owner being legally protected if they kill a intruder. All to dogooders cried foul and that it would be abused by homeowners, well aparently it has not been abused at all and B&E's have been drastically reduced.