In article , Richard
writes
Anyone using force is required to show that it was reasonable in the
circumstances - e.g. if Tony Martin had been threatened with a knife, firing
a lethal weapon in their direction might have been reasonable.

If you move to a system where minor crimes are subject to unlimited
punishment, things quickly escalate.
[...]

For example, as we've seen in the past, it produces cases of people
being driven from their vandalised homes for the heinous crime of being
a paediatrician.

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