To stop a burglar

There's been a few incidents in the news regarding either people defending their homes, or nutjobs carrying them while being nutty in public.  Because it makes a good headline (even better than with just a normal sword), they draw attention.  I googled up some other articles about it to get more information, and one journalist was framing it as the kid was using the sword to "hack to bits" the burglar, without any supporting evidence.  It's what makes good [strike]news[/strike] gossip.

Sounds like Fox news to me.

You can't plan someone burgling your place of residence

Not true.  I'll leave it at that   

Yeah, I stand corrected. I meant to say as an innocent, and not some rare incident reminicent of a CSI or Law and Order episode, if someone invades your home, without your knowledge, by virtue of that a premeditated act is eliminated. Obviously if we're going to bring up a scenario like a badly written crime drama would broadcast, it would involve prior knowledge and that is a different story

I once knew a guy who use to be a patrol officer in Brooklyn, and was attacked on Ocean Avenue by a crazy Russian guy with a sharpened broad sword.  The officer won (without firing his sidearm).

Well, just because you HAVE one doesn't mean you're competent with it.  Heck, you're likely to be just as dangerous to yourself with it...

Sounds like Fox news to me.

Perhaps, but MSNBC would wonder why the man with the sword was such a racist.