A man in South Africa, Aldred Tissong, may face murder charges for shooting two armed men who broke into his house. According to news reports:
If the Director of Public Prosecutions found that neither Tissong nor his wife were in mortal danger, Tissong could be charged with murder.
“The best that the accused can do is to get himself a lawyer as soon as possible, so that he does not say something that can be used against him at a later stage.”
When two armed men break into an occupied home, they forfeit their right to leave alive, in my view. Government can’t expect law-abiding homeowners to be able to assess the intention of thugs and criminals who invade their homes. The invasion alone should be a right to shoot to kill. As the headline on the story says, he was trying to protect his family.
It’s pretty black-and-white, but the anti-gun zealots see only shades of gray, and they project their wimpish dislike of self-defense on everyone else:
Judy Bassingthwaighte, national director of Gun Free South Africa, said a firearm usually complicated matters even more.
“There’s also the emotional suffering that Tissong will be going through because he presumably took a life.
“It’s dangerous to own a firearm and we must ask ourselves if it’s worth it.”
Well, Mr. Tissong’s family is safe and alive. His only peril right now is from the state, which is not sure he should have been allowed to protect his hearth, home and family.
