lie down and take it or fight back?

[simon c]

No need, they wont be here forever. Once the department of housing gets enough complaints they'll get relocated. Maybe to Blackburn

Are there two silentc's on this forum? Cos the other one just put his house up for sale.

[silentC]

Oh I see . Unfortunately, if it all goes ahead, we're actually going to be slightly closer to 'the family'. But it's OK because we're going to get a very big and very cranky dog.

[Peter R]

This is the whole key of the issue. If the person breaks into your house and confronts you with a knife or other weapon which may kill you, you can defend yourself, with lethal force, if you believe it is necessary. But you need to show that you believe that your life was in danger. If it's for something as simple as, "he was getting into my house and was going to steal my stuff" then you are not able ot use lethal force.

Put simply, if you believe your life is in danger, you can. BUT...you will probably have to get up in court and convince a jury that you believed it and give good reasons why.

Dan

Without going to real detail, my wife and I were looking after the children of a woman that was murdered, in Coffs harbour back in the 60s. The police were still looking for the bloke, and the daughter had seen this person in the house on the night of the murder.

The police released the whereabouts of the children, much to my disgust, but they said that they were keeping my place under close watch.

I ask two CID detectives what I should do if the bloke came looking for the kids, I told them that I owned a shotgun. The answer: "Shoot the bas**** but make sure you kill him so he can't testify against you."

And as far as the close watch went, an unidentified person came to the door during the evening and the cops knew nothing about it...they had gone for dinner, they said. The unidentified person remaind alive!!

Peter R

[DanP]

We're just waiting for the next relocation. If we could find out where they came from, maybe the locals could give us some tips.

Here's a tip. Have every person in the street ring AND write the department of housing on a DAILY basis. Make a complaint every time they do anything wrong. As Jackie said, annoy them into moving them.

Dan

[vsquizz]

Here's a tip. Have every person in the street ring AND write the department of housing on a DAILY basis. Make a complaint every time they do anything wrong. As Jackie said, annoy them into moving them.

Dan

Crappolla, I hate all this moving, where am I gunna be sent next??

[silentC]

Does the family rent SilentC?

I'm pretty sure that they get their accomodation provided for free. Come to think of it, the department of housing probably have nothing to do with it, it's probably another department that looks after these guys.

[Peter R]

I would seriously like to know what is the role of the police force? Are they Law enforcement officers or are they crime prevention officers? Maybe it is the role of the police to be a bit of both.

I am trying to come to grips with the fact that the Coffs Harbour police have never spoken to the old bloke with the Vic registered car. I am now convinced that until he runs into someone and they find that he is uninsured the local police don't give a damn about enforcing the law.:mad:

The more I see how the police have to work, even if it is not their fault, I feel that the police are only interested in catching the crim and not stopping someone from becoming one.

That is my opinion

Peter R.

[dazzler]

I have three work colleagues who have shot criminals. One dead, one paralysed and one just p*****ed off.


Two out the three colleagues are now seriously screwed up in the mind!

One of the issues is as much as many say "id just shoot em" the reality is that unless you are mentally prepared for killing someone then you will be seriously effected by the incident.

Something REALLY bad would need to be occurring for your mind to later justify the killing.

Oh and when someone gets shot it aint like the movies. Particularly when the dying takes some time.

cheers

dazzler