opinion

Under Canadian law, a person is not guilty of an offence if they 'believe on reasonable grounds that force is being used against them or another person, or that a threat of force is being made against them or another person.'

For a few years now, I’ve been mulling a question: should I have a baseball bat in my bedroom?

I often think about this late at night. By most standards, I live in a safe neighbourhood. Yet it seems these days there are few areas immune from break-and-enters. What if it happened in my home? What would I do? Confront the burglar in my pajamas shouting: “Get out, you rascal?” After he stopped laughing, he’d likely continue on his tour of the place to see what was worth stealing.

I’ve even thought about souping up my imagined bat by hammering nails into it so

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