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re: Should you be allowed to booby trap your home?
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:32 pm to JetsetNuggs
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:32 pm to JetsetNuggs
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So Kevin McCallister is a criminal?
I just watched a YouTube video on the subject lol
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Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:33 pm to OweO
Once we had someone in the neighborhood shooting mud on the white fence that leads into the neighborhood. I wanted to put some caltrops out but thought better of it.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:34 pm to Parmen
quote:What if it's a cop responding to a call?
Why should a homeowner be liable for defending their castle against a trespasser?
Who will be responsible when the cop has his head blown off?
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:34 pm to OweO
It is illegal to booby trap your property.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:34 pm to Parmen
Sounds like you just finished your first semester of law school.
No, should not be allowed to booby trap unoccupied property. Why? Because we value life over property as a society.
Yes, you can booby trap occupied property because it is a form of self defense.
No, should not be allowed to booby trap unoccupied property. Why? Because we value life over property as a society.
Yes, you can booby trap occupied property because it is a form of self defense.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:34 pm to Parmen
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Cases like Katko v. Briney before the Iowa Supreme Court ruled the homeowners had a duty to not deadly traps for trespassers (they rigged a spring gun shotgun in an abandoned home on their property that went off on an intruder).
Just hope the court makes the right decision.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:35 pm to cable
Does the Girl Scout break into your house to sell you these cookies?
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:36 pm to Ed Osteen
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Sure, it's just going to suck when you accidentally blow out the mailman or neighbors kids brains
Read my post on the first page about the posted sign and duty to warn. That takes care of that. Why would a mailman or neighborhood kid be trying to forcibly enter your home?
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:36 pm to Parmen
Booby trap your home? No
Extremely long (30 years) mandatory prison sentence with hard labor for breaking into someones house or vehicle? YES
Extremely long (30 years) mandatory prison sentence with hard labor for breaking into someones house or vehicle? YES
This post was edited on 12/13/19 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:37 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
quote:This all day
Booby trap your home? No
Extremely long (30 years) mandatory prison sentence with hard labor for breaking into someones house? YES
The penalty for breaking into someone's home whether you steal shite or not should be extremely severe. That is a serious violation.
This post was edited on 12/13/19 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:38 pm to JetsetNuggs
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So Kevin McCallister is a criminal?
Thought this was common knowledge.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:38 pm to shel311
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Someone calls the cops and says there's a disturbance at your house, something really bad is going on inside.
Cops open door, get their heads blown off. You have no problem with that? Because that's the issue.
Some of you are dumb or can't read. What's with all the people just walking up and opening doors? Girl scouts, mail personnel, police, etc do not just walk up and open the door on a house. Not to mention, the door is likely locked and someone would have to force the door open.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:39 pm to Parmen
No...you cant shoot/ kill people that aren't threatening you.
Fortunately this isn't 1894 wild west
Fortunately this isn't 1894 wild west
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:43 pm to Steadyhands
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someone would have to force the door open.
... and then get their head blown off, while trying to help the homeowner. Domestic violence, medical emergency, fire, aid natural disaster, etc.
Just get a german shepherd or a gun - anyone who would boobytrap has some serious mental issues. An alarm system and a gun allows a person to make an informed decision relative to lethal force, not just blow someones head off who may not even be aware of what they are doing.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:45 pm to Parmen
This is the reason I used to love Home Alone so much. He used micro machines for booby traps.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:49 pm to OweO
Speaking of Home Alone...I'd be all for something non lethal such as the following...especially on my vehicle.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:53 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
Kevin had a bb gun and fireworks.. You can do some damage with those two with a good plane, but he went beyond and above. Throwing water outside to make things slippery, the nail in the step going to the basement was good. That had to be painful as frick.
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:57 pm to Parmen
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Read my post on the first page about the posted sign and duty to warn. That takes care of that. Why would a mailman or neighborhood kid be trying to forcibly enter your home?
What if there is a fire and the fire department needs to foricbly enter the home to extinguish a fire?
Posted on 12/13/19 at 12:59 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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... and then get their head blown off, while trying to help the homeowner. Domestic violence, medical emergency, fire, aid natural disaster, etc.
Just get a german shepherd or a gun - anyone who would boobytrap has some serious mental issues. An alarm system and a gun allows a person to make an informed decision relative to lethal force, not just blow someones head off who may not even be aware of what they are doing.
It is no business of anyone above to be in my gem vault. If they get past the false wall, enter the antechamber, and go beyond the posted warning signage and continue on to the gem vault they deserve everything that is coming to them. I don't care how "mental" you think I am, I am not letting anyone get out alive with my priceless gems.
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