Ontario’s Crown prosecutors insist upon confusing self-defense with assault

Moses Mahilal is accused of assaulting the man who invaded his home and threatened his girlfriend's mother's life. Imagine you are out with your girlfriend for the evening.

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You have a lovely time together and come home in the wee hours of the morning, only to find your front door wide open. Your girlfriend's mother lives with both of you so your concern for her safety immediately goes into overdrive. This being Canada you're not legally allowed to carry a firearm, so you run to the kitchen and arm yourself with a kitchen knife, the only defensive tool close at hand. While you hear nothing, your girlfriend's mother's bedroom is upstairs and as you round the corner you stare in horror at what's sitting at the bottom of the stairs. In a bizarre twist your home invader has had the courtesy to take his shoes off before ransacking your home. Running upstairs you discover the intruder hiding behind your girlfriend's mother's bedroom door. He attacks you and you defend yourself with the knife you grabbed in the kitchen. The home invader is injured in the struggle, seriously, but your girlfriend's mother is safe and that's all that matters. God only knows what could have happened had you not arrived home when you did. You call the police who come and arrest the home invader. and then they arrest you for the "crime" of assaulting the man who invaded your home. Exactly what country is this again??? More... Christopher di Armani is a freelance writer and filmmaker who deals with issues affecting our God-given Rights and Freedoms. He writes daily on these subjects and more at ChristopherDiArmani.com and can be contacted through ChristopherDiArmani.org.

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