Posts Tagged ‘coalition agreement’
Homeowners Should Be Able To Use Greater Force Our Survey Suggests
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The initial results of our survey to find out what people think should be the amount of force householders should be allowed to use to protect themselves, their family and their property from intruders are quite clear cut.
When asked “Do you think people should be allowed to use greater force to protect themselves without the risk of being prosecuted?” an overwhelming majority of 92.3% said “yes”. Only 7.7% answered “no”.
The results to the question “Do you think the law should allow the use of lethal force in situations where someone has broken in and the householder can prove that extreme violence was the only means of defending themselves and their property from attack?” were equally unambiguous. When asked this 92.9% said “yes”, 0.0% said “no”, and 7.1% answered “don’t know”.
Our survey is in response to a statement in the crime and policing section of the government’s coalition agreement, which says: “We will ensure people have the protection needed when they defend themselves against intruders”.
We’d like to know how far you think the government should go to ensure people’s safety against intruders so we’d like you to take part in our survey. It’s very simple and quick to answer, and it’s completely anonymous.
Once we have the full results in we’ll publish them online and get the discussion moving forward on this important aspect of your security and, hopefully, make your views known to those considering what these increased powers should be. To take the survey please click here.
Tags: "reasonable force", burglary with violence, coalition agreement, family protection, householder's rights, intruder attacks, self defence
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What Do You Think ‘Reasonable Force’ Should Constitute?
Friday, May 28th, 2010
As we mentioned in our last blog, in the new government’s coalition agreement under the Crime and Policing section it says “We will ensure people have the protection needed when they defend themselves against intruders”.
We’d like to know how far you think the government should go to ensure people’s safety against intruders so we’d like you to take part in a very quick, easy to complete anonymous survey.
Once we have the results in we’ll publish the results online and get the discussion moving forward on this important aspect of your security and, hopefully, make your views known to those considering what these increased powers should be. To take the survey please click here.
Tags: "reasonable force", Big Bang Reforms, coalition agreement, defence against intruders, Direct Response Security
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Does The PM Read This Blog?
Friday, May 21st, 2010
So can it be that our esteemed new PM and deputy PM read this blog? Only yesterday we called for the new coalition government to concentrate its efforts less on tackling the proliferation of crime-busting CCTV cameras and more on helping householders who find themselves confronting burglars. Then, low and behold, as we were pouring through the new government’s coalition agreement last night, we found a morsel under the Crime and Policing section that got us excited. “We will ensure people have the protection needed when they defend themselves against intruders”, it says.
Finally some common sense. There is a commitment here. What exactly this commitment means in practice we’ll have to wait and see. But it is there, in writing, so the government now has to be accountable to this.
How far do you think the government should go to ensure people’s safety against intruders? We’d like to hear your comments.
Tags: Big Bang Reforms, CCTV, coalition agreement, Direct Response Security, Nick Clegg
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