It looks like we have an early contender for dumbest ree of the month -
In the U.K. you cannot carry a weapon. No baseball bat in the car, no carving knife. You can’t go out in public with a screwdriver unless you have a reason for carrying it.
You can’t keep a bat by the bed, a knife under the mattress. You can only ever, ever use reasonable force and only then if your life is in danger.
A person you find in your house can’t even be charged with trespass (it’s a civil matter). If you have barbed wire and they hurt themselves they can claim against you.
If a person wants my property, really wants it and is prepared to fight me for it- they can bloody have it. I’ll help them to their car with my Xbox.
That’s why I have insurance. I don’t have to fight, I don’t have to pick up a knife and raise the stakes.
That gun you have, is much more likely to be used to kill you or the people you got it to protect. The safest thing you can do is get rid of it.
It's true you can't carry a weapon around.
You can carry a baseball bat. You can carry folding knives, work knives and chef knives as long as they're in a roll. You'd probably get pulled walking up the high street on a Friday night with a machete.
You can legally keep a bat or a knife by your bed/ under your mattress. There are certain types of knives which are illegal in the UK so it wouldn't matter where you kept them. Reasonable force just means you can't chase a burglar down the road and hack their head off, or do weird sex stuff.
If someone broke into your home they wouldn't be charged with trespass. That law would be used as part of the burglary charges. Trespass is mainly used as a civil law in land cases.
If a burglar hurts themselves on your property, they can file a claim. Almost of those claims have been dismissed. If you have barbed wire on your property you cannot be sued if it's clearly visible. Things you shouldn't do - embed glass into your garden wall. Make Home Alone style burglar traps.
The best for last -
If a person wants my property, really wants it and is prepared to fight me for it- they can bloody have it. I’ll help them to their car with my Xbox.
That’s why I have insurance. I don’t have to fight, I don’t have to pick up a knife and raise the stakes.
If this muppet actually helped a burglar carry their stuff to a car it wouldn't be a burglary, and their insurance company would refuse to pay out
https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-a-thief-breaks-into-your-home-is-it-wrong-to-shoot-them.705914/page-21#post-103852259