UK Reaction to Gun Control

just before lunchtime on Wednesday, the 24th of November 2004 by Chad

Well, maybe not specifically gun control, but to Ozzy being robbed.
The BBC is taking public comments about Ozzy throwing a burglar out of his window, even though it is illegal to fight back in England.

Surely we should be prosecuting Ozzy - the burglar might have been hurt. I sincerely hope Mr Osbourne didn’t swear at the poor chap - that would be incitement to burglar hatred. We should lock him up without trial!
Craig, UK

I hope this one was sarcasm!

I say congrats to Ozzy, he took a bit of a risk, but he has every right to defend his home with a bit of force. A burglar alarm technician who visited our house recently told my mother than they were no longer able to fit loud internal panic alarms in homes, as burglars had made injury claims from being deafened by them. It’s a crazy world we live in when criminals who break the law have any rights to make such a claim, or that they are successful. I think that if someone breaks the law and violates your home you have every right to use force to defend yourself and any injuries sustained by the criminal is just too bad.
Jonathan Dale, London, UK

No, because if he hurt the burglar, the human rights brigade would’ve been all over him like a rash - trying to get compensation for the law-breakers.
Fraser, Essex, England

GO OZZY! I can’t believe we still live in a country where we can still be arrested if we use force to protect our loved ones from intruders. What happens if someone breaks into your house? Are we just supposed to stand by and watch our loved ones get robbed, hurt or worse?
Euan, Aberdeen, Scotland

These are resonses that I hope I never have to hear in the US.