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This story just proves how far from America the Godless Canadians truly are. When a homeowner can't even defend his own home from a vicious homer with his own fists, then all hope is lost for them to gain Jesus' favor.
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If they allowed handguns in Canada, this would never happen!
Two men may face charges
Don Shaxon was drawn to the darkest, quietest part of his home by his barking cocker spaniel.
The 30-year-old father of two thought he might have locked the cat in the basement, as he bounded down the stairs and rounded the bend into the laundry room early on Sunday. A dark figure wearing a hunter's fur hat emerged from the shadows; Mr. Shaxon assumed a defensive position and started swinging.
"I got him on the ground," the Burlington man recounted yesterday. "We stopped fighting for a second and I was standing overtop of him and I said: 'Don't move. The police are on their way. I've got two kids in the house. If you move, I'll kill you.' "
Mr. Shaxon did not kill him, but he delivered a serious beating on the 16-year-old boy, who later told police he was so inebriated that night he "mistakenly" stumbled into the wrong house.
Now, it turns out, Mr. Shaxon may face criminal charges for his defensive manoeuvres.
And his isn't the only recent case of a man visiting violence upon an intruder -- the fate of an Alberta man who this week stabbed a robber to death while trying to protect his girlfriend is also still to be decided.
Police in Calgary have not yet laid any charges against the man because they believe he acted in self defence. But the case has been handed over to the Crown prosecutor for review. A 16-year-old was stabbed to death in the Falconridge neighbourhood in north east Calgary on Monday night after he tried to rob a man and his girlfriend, who were standing at a bus stop. The man, who is in his twenties, turned himself in on Tuesday.
Sanjeev Anand, a University of Alberta law professor who is working on a textbook about criminal law, says that even the Supreme Court admits the Criminal Code provisions outlining self-defence are confusing.
But he said the provisions can be distilled down to two basic principles: self-defence applies when a person has a reasonable belief he or she is in danger of serious injury or death and when the force he or she uses to repel an attack is not "excessive."
"When Parliament uses the word 'excessive' it doesn't mean you have to measure to a nicety the amount of force you use," Mr. Anand said
Don Shaxon was drawn to the darkest, quietest part of his home by his barking cocker spaniel.
The 30-year-old father of two thought he might have locked the cat in the basement, as he bounded down the stairs and rounded the bend into the laundry room early on Sunday. A dark figure wearing a hunter's fur hat emerged from the shadows; Mr. Shaxon assumed a defensive position and started swinging.
"I got him on the ground," the Burlington man recounted yesterday. "We stopped fighting for a second and I was standing overtop of him and I said: 'Don't move. The police are on their way. I've got two kids in the house. If you move, I'll kill you.' "
Mr. Shaxon did not kill him, but he delivered a serious beating on the 16-year-old boy, who later told police he was so inebriated that night he "mistakenly" stumbled into the wrong house.
Now, it turns out, Mr. Shaxon may face criminal charges for his defensive manoeuvres.
And his isn't the only recent case of a man visiting violence upon an intruder -- the fate of an Alberta man who this week stabbed a robber to death while trying to protect his girlfriend is also still to be decided.
Police in Calgary have not yet laid any charges against the man because they believe he acted in self defence. But the case has been handed over to the Crown prosecutor for review. A 16-year-old was stabbed to death in the Falconridge neighbourhood in north east Calgary on Monday night after he tried to rob a man and his girlfriend, who were standing at a bus stop. The man, who is in his twenties, turned himself in on Tuesday.
Sanjeev Anand, a University of Alberta law professor who is working on a textbook about criminal law, says that even the Supreme Court admits the Criminal Code provisions outlining self-defence are confusing.
But he said the provisions can be distilled down to two basic principles: self-defence applies when a person has a reasonable belief he or she is in danger of serious injury or death and when the force he or she uses to repel an attack is not "excessive."
"When Parliament uses the word 'excessive' it doesn't mean you have to measure to a nicety the amount of force you use," Mr. Anand said
If they allowed handguns in Canada, this would never happen!
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