{"id":239,"date":"2004-08-03T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-03T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=239"},"modified":"2004-08-03T01:08:00","modified_gmt":"2004-08-03T01:08:00","slug":"239","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian nanny state-ism?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s see, we have …<\/p>\n

1. A security guard licensed to carry a pistol, who is …<\/p>\n

2. Supposed to protect US $21,000 at a hotel from …<\/p>\n

3. An armed robber who who inflicts on her “ a fractured skull, a broken nose and left hand, and possible brain damage<\/a> ,” so . . .<\/p>\n

4. She shoots him (and there is no such thing as “shoot to wound” when your life is on the line), he dies, and . . . .<\/p>\n

5. She is charged with murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pretty soon I’m going to start sounding like Kim du Toit<\/a>, if this keeps up. I’m glad that I live in a state where what should<\/em> be the common-law right to self defense is written into the statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Any Australian readers care to elucidate?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australian nanny state-ism? Let’s see, we have … 1. A security guard licensed to carry a pistol, who is … 2. Supposed to protect US $21,000 at a hotel from … 3. 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