"Our citizens are already empowered to defend themselves. What they're not empowered to do is to shoot first and ask questions later, which is what the bills proposes. Don't act like the Left is putting forward a radical new proposal here. We just object to your paranoia, to your lack of confidence in the police, and to your belief that this is the Wild West and you are Wyatt Earp.
The homeowner is vastly more likely to get the benefit of the doubt if he shoots to protect himself. That's not what this bill is for. This bill allows him to shoot even when there is no need to do so.
And as I said, Per Asre, organised crime has little interest in the contents of your house. It makes its money by corruption and illegal drugs. Burglars are much more likely to be desperate people, believing they need to rob to survive. If they're robbing someone with a gun, they're just going to try and get a gun by hook or by crook. Or, in Per Zhokhyen's ideal world, for 50 cents on a street corner.
Guns are not toys. They are not the solution to all your problems. They do not bring peace. And the man who shoots an unarmed thief in the head is just as much a criminal as the thief.
That's the issue here."
