"firm believer in my right to shoot your ass if your try to harm me or mine
legal or not."

Dead right Nowhereman. Everybody should have a right to defend themselves, their family and their property. Why should we live in fear of being attacked or robbed by some scumbag maggot. That's what pisses me off about the UK, we don't really have a right to defend ourselves or our homes. The law says we can only use "reasonable force" against a burglar. What bullshit, say if they have a knife or something, how can you "reasonably force" a burglar out of your home who has a knife or other weapon? I wouldn't give a fuck about the law if someone broke into my home, all I would be bothered about is my family being safe so I would launch the most aggressive, brutal attack against anyone who broke into my house, I wouldn't kill them I'd just fuck them up real good. I'm not saying I'm some kind of tough guy or anything because I know I'm not, that's just how I think I'd react in that situation, I'd be attacking out of fear.
I'm not sure how far you're allowed to go when defending yourself in the street over here. Say if about 5 people were punching the shit out of you what are you supposed to do? If 5 people are attacking you then you'd be fighting for your life, so you'd do anything you could to get them away like pick a rock up off the floor or some glass or something. But what pisses me off is you'd be prosecuted for it. Prosecuted for defending yourself, it's fucking ridiculous. I'm sure the police just expect us to stand there and let this shit happen.