while statistics show that the crime rate is decreasing

Actually, there has been an uptick in violent crime since the low point in 2021. It’s doubled since 2020. However, despite the media and the LNP trying to portray this as a youth crime wave, youth crime is still near the lowest it’s ever been.

But worst of all probably is that they try to relate this to cinematic masterpiece “The Castle”

I didn’t get that at all. “Castle doctrine” is a very well-established concept in law, going back as far as 17th century England. Most people probably know about it because of Americans online talking about it. It’s a very common feature of their legal systems, alongside the even-more-absurd “stand your ground” laws (which apply the same principles anywhere, not just your home). The quote they used could be explained as coming from the movie, but could just as easily be from the source the movie itself was quoting: a common phrase that has been in use, again, since the 17th century in England (where it was “an Englishman’s home is his castle”).

Those caveats aside, I still agree with you. There’s absolutely no need for these laws. If people are afraid for their safety, we already have self-defence laws. The use of lethal force against an intruder who might have just been aiming to steal some trinkets—or worse, the use of Castle Doctrine as a bludgeon against, say, door-knockers or nosey kids jumping the fence to grab a stray ball. Things like this usually don’t win in court, but if the homeowner has killed someone thinking they’d be legally fine because of Castle Doctrine, it’s kinda too late at that point…and it has happened (in fact, there were 4 events involving children being shot at in a single week in April 2023 in America for reasons related to the child being on the shooter’s property due to a mistake). We absolutely do not need to be going down this route.