iggy wrote: >don't try to defend yourself in america. i'm being charged with assault for >striking an attacker with a closed fist. i'm handicapped, and expected to >invite them to tea! i'f no timely reply, you know that i'm sitting in a >stuffy cubicle in county jail... oh, well. >-iggy > >On Monday 16 September 2002 02:21 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > >>On Monday 16 Sep 2002 6:03 pm, you wrote: >> >> >>>On Monday 16 September 2002 12:04 pm, you wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Monday 16 Sep 2002 4:50 pm, you wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Here in NZ you are responsible for somebody who injures themselves >>>>>while tresspassing onto your property (even with "Private Property", >>>>>"Keep Out" and/or "No Tresspassing" signs plastered everywhere). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Same here in the UK. >>>> >>>>Anne >>>> >>>> >>>Not being critical here, so if a many-time over thief/criminal trespasses >>>onto your property, and while attempting to break into your home and do >>>you and yours violent harm, injures themselves, then you are responsible? >>> >>>I hope thats not true... :-( >>> >>> >>As I understand it, yes it is true. Of course, you could sue him for >>damages to you and your kin, but he could and probably would sue you for >>his injury. As far as I can see he would almost certainly get them too. >> >> >> As I explained to the kids in my self-defence course, you should only use force in a situation when you are in serious danger, and in those situations, legal questions are irrelevant.
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