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Hmm, let's see, there was a guy who appeared to be trying to force his a way through a locked door and a witness standing outside the house telling the police that the "burgler" had made his way.
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I don't know what a "burgler" is, but Obama has never said he opposes the common-law right of self-defense in the home, nor the notion that free blacks at the time of the Founding had the right to keep and bear arms outside of connection with organized militia service.
McCain and Obama both criticized the Supreme Court for rejecting the death penalty for the rape of a child, but McCain points to the real distinction. Ann Althouse 2008
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One nice thing to have on your house is a burgler alarm.
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One nice thing to have on your house is a burgler alarm.
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I recently locked up a prolific burgler who had broken the “tough” curfew the court had given him.
Remote Inspector Gadget « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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An experienced policeman should be able to understand within minutes that the person is indeed the owner of the house and not a burgler.
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If the burgler dies he/she will have no-one to blame but themselves.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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PC gone made that you can't keep your former burgler as a slave.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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And those cold, sharklike eyes told me right away that he also was a killer—not some cat burgler or junkie thief who killed when he needed money, or killed in a panic, or killed because he got off on it.
Dancing with the Devil Louis Diaz 2010
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And while I'm on this soap-box, people should be able to deal with any burgler in anyway they deem fit.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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