LINDSAY — Jeremy McDonald may end up being the person to test laws governing just how far someone is allowed to go to protect themselves against an armed intruder?

And he just may have Ontario Premier Doug Ford as his biggest supporter.

“This (accused) criminal that’s wanted by the police (allegedly) breaks into this guy’s house, this guy (allegedly) gives him a beating, and this guy gets charged. Something is broken,” Ford said at a press conference on Wednesday. “I know if someone breaks into my house or someone else’s, you’re gonna fight for your life. You’re going to use whatever force you can to protect your family. I know everyone would.”

Police have decided that even though he was asleep in his apartment and awakened by an alleged intruder at 3:20 a.m. Monday, the father — who wo

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