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[-] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 9 points 3 days ago

If someone intrudes are you just supposed to let them?

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

False dichotomy.

Lets say you hear a noise downstairs. You come down and you find your ex girlfriend in the living room. She says, "I'm just here for my phone." You say, "Get out." She says, "Fuck off, I know it's here." You grab a baseball bat and break her elbow with it. Now you're going to jail because that was not a reasonable use of force to defend yourself or your property, because she was not an imminent threat and you could have just pushed her out or called the police.

Whatever the situation was, the intruder was nearly killed. That PROBABLY was not a necessary use of force. It looks iffy enough that of course a court or at least the crown needs to take a look at it.

[-] beejboytyson@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

Now that's a disingenuous situation. Let's say she attacks you with a knife and in that lunge you grab her hand and make her stab herself. You still lose that.

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