wyntrout
02-21-2011, 08:23 PM
I just got this in an email. I'm so glad I live in this state and have the Castle Defense Law to defend ME in self-defense:
A must read............................
Something to think about....
You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door.
Half-awake, nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled whispers.
At least two people have broken into your house and are moving your way.
With your heart pumping, you reach down beside your bed and pick up your
shotgun.
You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch toward the door and open it.
In the darkness, you make out two shadows. One holds something that looks like
a crowbar.
When the intruder brandishes it as if to strike, you raise the shotgun and fire.
The blast knocks both thugs to the floor.
One writhes and screams while the second man crawls to the front door and
lurches outside..
As you pick up the telephone to call police, you know you're in trouble.
In your country, most guns were outlawed years before, and the few that are
privately owned are so stringently regulated as to make them
useless.
Yours was never registered.
Police arrive and inform you that the second burglar has died.
They arrest you for First Degree Murder and Illegal Possession of a Firearm.
When you talk to your attorney, he tells you not to worry: authorities will
probably
plea the case down to manslaughter.
"What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask.
"Only ten-to-twelve years," he replies, as if that's nothing.
"Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven."
The next day, the shooting is the lead story in the local newspaper.
Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric vigilante while the two men you shot
are represented as choirboys.
Their friends and relatives can't find an unkind word to say about them.
Buried deep down in the article, authorities acknowledge that both "victims"
have been arrested numerous times.
But the next day's headline says it all:"Lovable Rogue Son Didn't Deserve to
Die."
The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into Robin Hood-type
pranksters.
As the days wear on, the story takes wings.
The national media picks it up, then the international media.
The surviving burglar has become a folk hero.
Your attorney says the thief is preparing to sue you, and he'll probably win.
The media publishes reports that your home has been burglarized several
times in the past and that you've been critical of local police for their
lack of effort in apprehending the suspects.
After the last break-in, you told your neighbor that you would be prepared next
time.
The District Attorney uses this to allege that you were lying in wait for the
burglars.
A few months later, you go to trial.
The charges haven't been reduced, as your lawyer had so confidently predicted.
When you take the stand, your anger at the injustice of it all works against
you.
Prosecutors paint a picture of you as a mean, vengeful man.
It doesn't take long for the jury to convict you of all charges.
The judge sentences you to life in prison.
This case really happened.
On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk , England , killed one
burglar and wounded a second.
In April, 2000, he was convicted and is now serving a life term.
How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the once great British
Empire ?
It started with the Pistols Act of 1903.
This seemingly reasonable law forbade selling pistols to minors or felons
and established that handgun sales were to be made only to those who had a
license. The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to include not only
handguns but all firearms except shotguns.
Later laws passed in 1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon by
private citizens and mandated the registration of all shotguns.
Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after the
Hungerford mass shooting in 1987. Michael Ryan, a mentally disturbed man
with a Kalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting everyone he saw.
When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead.
The British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun control",
demanded even tougher restrictions. (The seizure of all privately owned
handguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.)
Nine years later, at Dunblane , Scotland , Thomas Hamilton used a
semi-automatic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a public
school.
For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners as mentally unstable
or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real kook with which to beat up
law-abiding gun owners. Day after day, week after week, the media gave up
all pretense of objectivity and demanded a total ban on all handguns. The
Dunblane Inquiry, a few months later, sealed the fate of the few sidearms
still owned by private citizens.
During the years in which the British government incrementally took away
most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to armed
self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused to grant
gun licenses to people who were threatened, claiming that self-defense was
no longer considered a reason to own a gun. Citizens who shot burglars or
robbers or rapists were charged while the real criminals were released.
Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying,
"We cannot have people take the law into their own
hands."
All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and several
elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs who had no
fear of the consequences... Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had
seen most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars..
When the Dunblane
Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given
three months to turn them over to local authorities.
Being good British subjects, most people obeyed the law. The few who didn't
were visited by police and threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they
didn't comply.
Police later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from private
citizens.
How did the authorities know who had handguns?
The guns had been registered and licensed.
Kind of like cars. Sound familiar?
WAKE UP AMERICA ; THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT
IN OUR CONSTITUTION.
"..It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless
minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.."
--Samuel Adams
If you think this is important,
please forward to everyone you know.
You had better wake up, because your
president is going to do this very same thing
over here if he can get it done...
And there are stupid people in congress and
on the street that will go right along with him.
END.
Wynn's comments:
We had to send the Brits civilian weapons for WWII because their personal weapons had all been confiscated, banned, and destroyed, and they were in danger of immediate invasion. Evidently, they didn't learn anything and think the world is a peaceful place these days... no wars and conflicts... other that the radical Islamists vow to turn the world into a nice Islamic world... by beheading and killing all non-believers.
I once thought it would be neat to emigrate to Australia... well, they disarmed everyone, too, and crime and violence increased... Gee, imagine that.
I don't want to leave this country anymore... even for visits... unarmed.
In the mid-1980's I was stationed in Germany and we did have a few problems over there(Beider-Meinhoff gang and Red Army), but I felt pretty safe in Germany and France... my main haunts. Italy wasn't too bad, but Spain and Morocco got a little scary. The first traffic light in Spain, we were swarmed by street urchins and FAMILIES? who tried to open our doors!
In Morocco, we were leaving customs in a cab with our Official ID-bearing guide and his "Boss" wondering if we were going to be mugged.... Just over-charged later, dummy that I am. But my wife-to-be and I looked into each other's faces and wondered if this was it! Thankfully, not! But it could have been bad!
When I took her to the Frankfurt airport to return to the States, we had to walk past a condoned-off area around a blast crater inside where a bombing had killed at least two people... one a young girl, I think... 1985... long time ago.
I HATE not being in control. That's why I would rather drive for three days to visit my wife's folks, but she works and can't get but a five days plus her breaks at a time off and so we have to fly... which sucks because I can't take all of my stuff (lots of guns and ammo) and be in charge of my destiny.:(
Wynn:)
A must read............................
Something to think about....
You're sound asleep when you hear a thump outside your bedroom door.
Half-awake, nearly paralyzed with fear, you hear muffled whispers.
At least two people have broken into your house and are moving your way.
With your heart pumping, you reach down beside your bed and pick up your
shotgun.
You rack a shell into the chamber, then inch toward the door and open it.
In the darkness, you make out two shadows. One holds something that looks like
a crowbar.
When the intruder brandishes it as if to strike, you raise the shotgun and fire.
The blast knocks both thugs to the floor.
One writhes and screams while the second man crawls to the front door and
lurches outside..
As you pick up the telephone to call police, you know you're in trouble.
In your country, most guns were outlawed years before, and the few that are
privately owned are so stringently regulated as to make them
useless.
Yours was never registered.
Police arrive and inform you that the second burglar has died.
They arrest you for First Degree Murder and Illegal Possession of a Firearm.
When you talk to your attorney, he tells you not to worry: authorities will
probably
plea the case down to manslaughter.
"What kind of sentence will I get?" you ask.
"Only ten-to-twelve years," he replies, as if that's nothing.
"Behave yourself, and you'll be out in seven."
The next day, the shooting is the lead story in the local newspaper.
Somehow, you're portrayed as an eccentric vigilante while the two men you shot
are represented as choirboys.
Their friends and relatives can't find an unkind word to say about them.
Buried deep down in the article, authorities acknowledge that both "victims"
have been arrested numerous times.
But the next day's headline says it all:"Lovable Rogue Son Didn't Deserve to
Die."
The thieves have been transformed from career criminals into Robin Hood-type
pranksters.
As the days wear on, the story takes wings.
The national media picks it up, then the international media.
The surviving burglar has become a folk hero.
Your attorney says the thief is preparing to sue you, and he'll probably win.
The media publishes reports that your home has been burglarized several
times in the past and that you've been critical of local police for their
lack of effort in apprehending the suspects.
After the last break-in, you told your neighbor that you would be prepared next
time.
The District Attorney uses this to allege that you were lying in wait for the
burglars.
A few months later, you go to trial.
The charges haven't been reduced, as your lawyer had so confidently predicted.
When you take the stand, your anger at the injustice of it all works against
you.
Prosecutors paint a picture of you as a mean, vengeful man.
It doesn't take long for the jury to convict you of all charges.
The judge sentences you to life in prison.
This case really happened.
On August 22, 1999, Tony Martin of Emneth, Norfolk , England , killed one
burglar and wounded a second.
In April, 2000, he was convicted and is now serving a life term.
How did it become a crime to defend one's own life in the once great British
Empire ?
It started with the Pistols Act of 1903.
This seemingly reasonable law forbade selling pistols to minors or felons
and established that handgun sales were to be made only to those who had a
license. The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to include not only
handguns but all firearms except shotguns.
Later laws passed in 1953 and 1967 outlawed the carrying of any weapon by
private citizens and mandated the registration of all shotguns.
Momentum for total handgun confiscation began in earnest after the
Hungerford mass shooting in 1987. Michael Ryan, a mentally disturbed man
with a Kalashnikov rifle, walked down the streets shooting everyone he saw.
When the smoke cleared, 17 people were dead.
The British public, already de-sensitized by eighty years of "gun control",
demanded even tougher restrictions. (The seizure of all privately owned
handguns was the objective even though Ryan used a rifle.)
Nine years later, at Dunblane , Scotland , Thomas Hamilton used a
semi-automatic weapon to murder 16 children and a teacher at a public
school.
For many years, the media had portrayed all gun owners as mentally unstable
or worse, criminals. Now the press had a real kook with which to beat up
law-abiding gun owners. Day after day, week after week, the media gave up
all pretense of objectivity and demanded a total ban on all handguns. The
Dunblane Inquiry, a few months later, sealed the fate of the few sidearms
still owned by private citizens.
During the years in which the British government incrementally took away
most gun rights, the notion that a citizen had the right to armed
self-defense came to be seen as vigilantism. Authorities refused to grant
gun licenses to people who were threatened, claiming that self-defense was
no longer considered a reason to own a gun. Citizens who shot burglars or
robbers or rapists were charged while the real criminals were released.
Indeed, after the Martin shooting, a police spokesman was quoted as saying,
"We cannot have people take the law into their own
hands."
All of Martin's neighbors had been robbed numerous times, and several
elderly people were severely injured in beatings by young thugs who had no
fear of the consequences... Martin himself, a collector of antiques, had
seen most of his collection trashed or stolen by burglars..
When the Dunblane
Inquiry ended, citizens who owned handguns were given
three months to turn them over to local authorities.
Being good British subjects, most people obeyed the law. The few who didn't
were visited by police and threatened with ten-year prison sentences if they
didn't comply.
Police later bragged that they'd taken nearly 200,000 handguns from private
citizens.
How did the authorities know who had handguns?
The guns had been registered and licensed.
Kind of like cars. Sound familiar?
WAKE UP AMERICA ; THIS IS WHY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT
IN OUR CONSTITUTION.
"..It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless
minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.."
--Samuel Adams
If you think this is important,
please forward to everyone you know.
You had better wake up, because your
president is going to do this very same thing
over here if he can get it done...
And there are stupid people in congress and
on the street that will go right along with him.
END.
Wynn's comments:
We had to send the Brits civilian weapons for WWII because their personal weapons had all been confiscated, banned, and destroyed, and they were in danger of immediate invasion. Evidently, they didn't learn anything and think the world is a peaceful place these days... no wars and conflicts... other that the radical Islamists vow to turn the world into a nice Islamic world... by beheading and killing all non-believers.
I once thought it would be neat to emigrate to Australia... well, they disarmed everyone, too, and crime and violence increased... Gee, imagine that.
I don't want to leave this country anymore... even for visits... unarmed.
In the mid-1980's I was stationed in Germany and we did have a few problems over there(Beider-Meinhoff gang and Red Army), but I felt pretty safe in Germany and France... my main haunts. Italy wasn't too bad, but Spain and Morocco got a little scary. The first traffic light in Spain, we were swarmed by street urchins and FAMILIES? who tried to open our doors!
In Morocco, we were leaving customs in a cab with our Official ID-bearing guide and his "Boss" wondering if we were going to be mugged.... Just over-charged later, dummy that I am. But my wife-to-be and I looked into each other's faces and wondered if this was it! Thankfully, not! But it could have been bad!
When I took her to the Frankfurt airport to return to the States, we had to walk past a condoned-off area around a blast crater inside where a bombing had killed at least two people... one a young girl, I think... 1985... long time ago.
I HATE not being in control. That's why I would rather drive for three days to visit my wife's folks, but she works and can't get but a five days plus her breaks at a time off and so we have to fly... which sucks because I can't take all of my stuff (lots of guns and ammo) and be in charge of my destiny.:(
Wynn:)