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Germany: Teen burglar's death raises rare vigilante questions in Germany
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A 40-year-old homeowner shot an alleged burglar - an 18-year-old who later died in hospital - in the German city of Hanover earlier this week.
He told officers he noticed three unknown people on his property in the early morning hours. Seeing that one of the men was armed, he returned to the house for his own gun and fired one shot.
The intruders fled in different directions as the homeowner called the police, who found the man that had been shot.
There was still no trace of the other two men by Thursday.
A police spokesman said that the homeowner had a license for his weapon and that he is now under investigation for suspected manslaughter. |
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teebonicus
(6/12/2015)
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"[I]t's the responsibility of the state to provide safety and order, and not for citizens to take up arms[.]"
Exactly incorrect, which points up the fundamental differences between the European model and ours.
The European model is upside-down.
Our model is "All power resides in the people."
Ours is correct. |
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