Posted on 02/17/2010 6:59:23 AM PST by Sasparilla
An Englishman who almost sliced off the ear of a home invader with an ornamental samurai sword has been acquitted of all charges after a trial. He was found not guilty of unlawful wounding. The home invader had threatened to rape his wife and kill his teenage children. He used the sword because it was the only weapon he could find.
You may recall that a New Jersey college student recently killed a burglar legally with a samurai sword.
The Englishman told authorities that if the first thing he had found to defend his family had been an umbrella, he would have hit the man with that.
Prosecutors who filed charges under the oppressive British self defense laws believed that 47 year old David Fullard’s self defense actions were “over the top.” Prosecutors said that it was disproportionate to attack the thug with a “battlefield weapon” when the home invader was only armed with brass knuckles.
22 year old Michael Severs and 19 year old Michael Smith were...
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"Excuse me, but do you have any weapon more dangerous than those brass knuckles? If you have a firearm, what caliber? I would feel awkward shooting you with a .45 if you only have a 9mm. We must be fair, you know, Marquess of Queensberry rules you know."
No, thank you. I'll stick with the sword - and aim for the throat next time.
When you hack with the katana, especially if you’re cleaving the guy’s head, make sure to pull your swing at the last instant, or you risk getting your sword caught in his skull. If there’s other bad guys on the scene, you’re screwed.
I love how the state has disarmed the British home, but still feels free to grouse in court if their arsenal of defensive weapons lacks something of exactly the approved degree of lethality.
Wakizashi
Probably, but better not to have to take a second or two to switch weapons at the wrong time. Probably better to just whack the guy’s head off at the neck.
Agreed! In true Highlander style! I've read that in ancient Japan the swords were tested for sharpness by their ability to cleave through the neck of an OX at the base in a single stroke. That is sharp.
This is so stupid. A legal system that works backwards...this gent who protected his family and property was guilty until proven innocent.
You ain't kiddin'.
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