Samizdata reports that the idea that one can defend oneself in one's own home has moved from the fringes of polite society to a position of mere controversy:
Even if a struggle led to the death of an intruder, Sir John added, the law would presume that the person in that house had acted lawfully "and let the law change that presumption because of fact in evidence".What a country! I guess this means that barbeque-fork control is off the political agenda for the year.
He said: "The message it sends to the would-be attacker is, `Do not think you can come into people's homes and people will not defend themselves with the right type of force that's necessary.' At the moment it seems it's the other way round."