Originally Posted By: Brangdon
Homeowners can legally use lethal force defensively in the UK. This has been tested in the courts time after time.


It's been a long time since I lived in the UK, but your media reports seem to indicate that this isn't always true:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-homeowner.html

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/758751-hero-son-is-held-for-burglar-murder

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/articl...ice-system.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1319925/posts