Right to self-defence in homes to be ‘much clearer’
California has a similar law. We do enjoy an absolute right to use reasonable force to defend ourselves at home.
Right to self-defence in homes to be ‘much clearer’Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said a householder who knifes a burglar will not have committed a criminal offence under plans to clarify the law on self-defence in England.Asked about what this would mean in practice, he said: “If an old lady finds she’s got an 18 year old burgling her house and she picks up a kitchen knife and sticks it in him she has not committed a criminal offence and we will make that clear.”