Italy approves self-defense law

[Lucky]

They weren't allowed to use a knife to defend themselves in their own house before??????????

When self-defence is a privilege, it's time to get the ef out.

 

[tube_ee]

They weren't allowed to use a knife to defend themselves in their own house before??????????

When self-defence is a privilege, it's time to get the ef out.

Then you'd better get out of the US, as self-defense is a privilege here. State laws (so far as I know, all of them) include self-defense as an exculpatory defense against charges of homicide or assault. If those laws were changed, you'd no longer be legally able to defend yourself. The Constitution does not include provisions specifically recognizing a right of self-defense, so as near as I can figure, such a change would be legal. Stupid, but legal.

If it can be changed by the Legislature without violating the Constitution, it's not a right, at least in the legal sense of the word.

--Shannon

 

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

Great food, beautiful women, fast cars, and now the legal right to defend yourself. What a great place!

If I ever feel the urge to expatriate, Italy is definitely where I'll go.

 

[Lucky]

Wow. Here we're allowed to use whatever force is necessary to protect ourselves or others. To be safe, companies stress that it should be minimal and reasonable, though.

 

[gvass]

"I thought EU mandate prohibted a member country from allowing people to obtain guns for self defense."

There is NO such restriction at all!

And from January 1., 2006 in Slovakia (EU-member since 2004) there is also a new law, which is basically the "castle doctrine". You do not need to retreat when you are attacked in a place where you are legally. There is no more "same force" requirement when you are attacked in your own home.

And Slovakia is already a shall-issue state.