One less thief.

Originally Posted by BigBaddad

So there's a gang a thugs in balacava's forcing their way into your home, your kids are in bed........if you hit one then they can get up again, pull a knife and kill you.

Fair enough, I see your point. Don't you see mine though?
All I am saying is no one needed to die. By all means incapacitate them or mash them up big time... however no one needed to die. Like I said, if they didn't mean to kill them then fair enough. If they did stabbed them repeatedly(sp?) then they're just as bad as those trying to break in. I admit I would probably attack in this situation but I'd like to think I could restrain myself after giving them one quick stab... hopefully not somewhere it would kill them.

Well I've a baseball bat beside the bed and as the saying goes "I don't know Karate, but I know Kerr-azy and I'm willing to use it".

Originally Posted by Reeder

Fair enough, I see your point. Don't you see mine though?
All I am saying is no one needed to die. By all means incapacitate them or mash them up big time... however no one needed to die. Like I said, if they didn't mean to kill them then fair enough. If they did stabbed them repeatedly(sp?) then they're just as bad as those trying to break in. I admit I would probably attack in this situation but I'd like to think I could restrain myself after giving them one quick stab... hopefully not somewhere it would kill them.

really? Im pretty sure I'd **** my pants grab the nearest object to me and thrash around screaming like pufter in a titty bar and if I managed to hit anything other than the fridge, freezer or microwave I'd be pretty damn pleased with myself.

Originally Posted by Owenski

really? Im pretty sure I'd **** my pants grab the nearest object to me and thrash around screaming like pufter in a titty bar and if I managed to hit anything other than the fridge, freezer or microwave I'd be pretty damn pleased with myself.

LOL! As would most I think....

[hindle8907]

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

All we are seeing at the minute is media speculation. God knows what really happened!

Living quite close the the area and knowing lots of people from swinton, there are a few stories going around as to what happend and why, and it is a little bit different from what the news reports.

[TamSV]

A gang in balaclavas is not your average burglary to be fair. More information to come out no doubt.

Originally Posted by Owenski

really? Im pretty sure I'd **** my pants grab the nearest object to me and thrash around screaming like pufter in a titty bar and if I managed to hit anything other than the fridge, freezer or microwave I'd be pretty damn pleased with myself.

Hence the probably (that's the manly side of me trying to come out).
It would probably fail miserably, if it did happen at all, but I would like to think I'd have an attempt at protecting my family and property.

Originally Posted by TamSV

A gang in balaclavas is not your average burglary to be fair. More information to come out no doubt.

Sounds pretty average for over here, people see balaclava they think they're gonna get shot or baseball batted so they tend not to confront the scrotes.

[TamSV]

Aye, different rules for NI.

[hindle8907]

Originally Posted by TamSV

A gang in balaclavas is not your average burglary to be fair.

very true