• JWayn596@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Self defense laws are pretty weird in Europe. I am spoiled on our second amendment laws, so let my bias be noted.

    However, some guy can break into your house and if you defend yourself with a bat or knife, the laws there from what I hear (this isn’t fact, I could be mistaken) can get you in trouble with the law. I remember reading that somewhere.

    Sure it’s like that in the US too but there are many protections for those who clearly have acted in self defense.

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      10 months ago

      Self defense is of course allowed, but only so far as to prevent harm. It also needs to be adequate to prevent the harm the attacker tried to inflict. So shooting someone who entered isn’t okay, you could’ve just held the gun at them. Which isn’t relevant cause you don’t have a gun and neither do they, most likely.

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      10 months ago

      Same bias as yourself. I find it stunning that the British police are so proud of the pocketknives they confiscate.

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        10 months ago

        Yeah it’s weird to see butterknives on public sites being confiscated as they’re clearly a dangerous weapon. But surprisingly knife crime is really low compared to most of the world (yes I mean America)

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          10 months ago

          America has a violence problem. Take away all the gun violence and we’re still worse than other developed countries.