A homeowner in Finland has been sentenced to four years in jail and a hefty fine after fighting off three intruders who attempted to rob his house. The thieves, meanwhile, got lesser prison terms and are to be paid damages by their victim.... [More]Before we shake our heads. we'd do well to consider how many here are fanatical about mandating insufficient self-defense.
[Via Jess]
How the mighty have fallen. 30 years ago I knew a Fin gentleman who would have been right at home at the Alamo, or any tough fight. There would have been nobody left alive to sue him. He had moved to Mexico to live on the beach in his retirement because he couldn't tolerate the socialist hell his country had become.
ReplyDeleteThe most remarkable thing was listening to him speak Spanish with a Finnish accent. Hysterical.