Canadian arrested and charged for self-defense against armed home intruder

Why should Christians vote? To live out a faithful life plan, you need freedom, safety, and the ability to prosper. This means being able to work without facing discrimination, keeping (most of) what you earn, and educating your children according to your values. But at the most basic level, you need to stay alive. And there are laws that affect whether you are going to be able to stay alive or not.

Now, most of us Americans feel secure from crime. At the local level, we count on the police. We don’t have two-tier policing, like in the UK. American police forces are responsive to taxpayers, not to criminals. Not only do we have great police, but we can also own and train with weapons (if we pass a background check). And even more, now the federal government under Trump is deporting criminals who belong in other countries. For Christians, this means the fundamental need to avoid being killed by criminals is largely met, at least in conservative states with strong self-defense laws.

But now let’s consider Canada.

Here’s the latest story from the Toronto Sun:

This all happened early Monday on Kent St. in downtown Lindsay.

“Officers arrived on scene and learned that the resident of the apartment had woke up to find another male intruder inside his apartment,” said a news release from Kawartha Lakes Police. “There was an altercation inside the apartment and the intruder received serious life-threatening injuries as a result of that altercation.”

[…]“The (alleged) intruder was transported to Ross Memorial Hospital and later air lifted to a Toronto hospital,” say police.

[…]Kawartha Lakes Police Service added: “When released from hospital, he will be held in custody pending a bail hearing.”

So they took the intruder to the hospital, but they arrested the homeowner:

Ezra Levant of Rebel News has spoken with the man who is named Jeremy McDonald.

“A 44-year-old Lindsay man (homeowner) was charged with: aggravated assault and assault with a weapon” but was “released with a future court date,” said that release.

Perhaps in court there will be presented a fuller picture of why police decided to lay the charge on both the alleged intruder and on the break-in victim. Until then, people see it as just another example of letting criminals off easy while victims have to take it — even when they are in a dream state.

Now, those charges – aggravated assault and assault with a weapon – those are very serious charges.

Grok says:

In Canada, the maximum sentence for one charge of aggravated assault under section 268 of the Criminal Code is 14 years imprisonment, as it is a straight indictable offence. For one charge of assault with a weapon under section 267, the maximum sentence depends on the prosecution method: if prosecuted by indictment, it carries a maximum of 10 years imprisonment; if by summary conviction, the maximum is 18 months incarceration.

Imagine that you were an elderly Christian scholar like Wayne Grudem or William Lane Craig, and you got sentenced to 10 years of hard time in a federal prison for defending your home and family from an armed intruder. That’s what happens in Canada! And the feminized majority up there vote for that – it’s “compassion”. I know there are some great conservative Christians in Canada, but that’s not who is making the laws and the policies.

I asked Grok what would happen for a similar case in a conservative American state with Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground laws:

Consider the same scenario in Florida. If a homeowner wakes to an armed intruder wielding a knife, grabs a baseball bat, and injures the intruder, Florida’s Castle Doctrine (Fla. Stat. § 776.013) presumes the homeowner acted lawfully. As long as the response was proportionate and the threat imminent, the homeowner is unlikely to face charges and may be immune from civil lawsuits. Excessive force, like attacking a surrendering intruder, could lead to charges, but the law strongly favors the homeowner’s right to self-defense.

Here’s an actual case from Tennessee, reported by The Blaze, that shows how diferently self-defense is handled in conservative Americans states:

A Tennessee grand jury will not bring charges against a Lenoir City homeowner who fatally shot an intruder through a front door in May, saying the shooting was a “stand your ground” self-defense case, according to a Wednesday press release from Russell Johnson, the 9th Judicial District Attorney General.

[…]The grand jury reviewed a presentation by Lenoir City Police Department detectives Lynnette Ladd and Jon Yates and agreed with the District Attorney General Johnson’s decision not to bring criminal charges against the homeowner who fatally shot Owen based on the “stand your ground” statute and that it was a case of self-defense.

Everyone – the police and the District Attorney and the grand jury (fellow Tennessee taxpayers) – sided with the law-abiding homeowner and not the violent criminal.

In strong self-defense states like Tennessee and Florida, the law protects law-abiding citizens. When voting, Christians must consider this. Supporting policies like those of the Democrat Party risks two-tier policing, as seen in the UK, or the criminalization of self-defense, as seen in Canada. To live out your faith, stay safe, and remain free, vote for leaders who prioritize your right to protect yourself and your family from armed criminals.

Vote like your life depends on it, because one day, it might.