| Homes Owner Fights Invaders, Goes to Jail |
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| Written by Daniel White | |
| Tuesday, 20 June 2006 | |
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Trouble in brewing in the gun-banner's paradise of Canada. Not only have their draconian firearms laws become increasing unpopular and their gun registration scheme increasingly expensive, but now they are experiencing the same acts that have caused outrage in England. Twenty-eight-year-old Harvey Joseph Young was charged with attempted murder after two home invasion suspects reported him to the police for defending his home with a firearm. The incident occured over the weekend when two Roblin, Canada men kicked in Young's front door in a home invasion attempt. Young defended himself with his firearm and repelled the invaders, firing and hitting one of them as they fled. The suspects promptly drove to the nearest police station and reported Young, who was arrested for attempted murder and 8 other charges. The suspects were also charged after the one received medical attention. This is the same type of scenerio the gun banners would like to see play out in the United States, where self-defense is as punishable of a crime as home invasion or robbery. We must be ever vigilant to be sure such injustice does not happen here. A person defending his or her home is a hero, not a criminal. |