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#21
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RACING JUNKIE
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If you set up any form of security that will intentionaly cause harm to someone it is considered booby traping.
O'K i have to ask :?: if you install Razor wire or Barbed wire on your fence is that also booby trapping :?: because it for sure will cause intentional harm. I know it wouldn't work on a mail box, which was the original post. Again i'm so glad i live where i do, in an area so peaceful,(want buy a little house 1340 sq ft and BIG shop 2400 sq ft), that it makes headlines when there is a B&E. Around here about the only calls the cops (2 in all) is when some farmer or employee get drunk and goes off on his wife, and the word spreads like wild fire and he can't hold up his head when out in public for the next month.
Zip.
O'K i have to ask :?: if you install Razor wire or Barbed wire on your fence is that also booby trapping :?: because it for sure will cause intentional harm. I know it wouldn't work on a mail box, which was the original post. Again i'm so glad i live where i do, in an area so peaceful,(want buy a little house 1340 sq ft and BIG shop 2400 sq ft), that it makes headlines when there is a B&E. Around here about the only calls the cops (2 in all) is when some farmer or employee get drunk and goes off on his wife, and the word spreads like wild fire and he can't hold up his head when out in public for the next month.
Zip.
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Thats a good question Zip! My whole property line is surrounded by some old school barbed wire thats been there since the early 1900's. It still stands proud in a few spots and would cause some serious damage.
I said something to my buddy yesterday, he didnt say much except our friend who's a county sheriff helped him dig the hole, pour the concrete and wire the mailbox. Thought that was a little ironic.
I said something to my buddy yesterday, he didnt say much except our friend who's a county sheriff helped him dig the hole, pour the concrete and wire the mailbox. Thought that was a little ironic.
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#23
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: orland pk il
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be defined as any concealed or camouflaged device designed to cause bodily injury when triggered by any action of a person making contact with the device. This term includes guns, ammunition, or explosive devices attached to trip wires or other triggering mechanisms, sharpened stakes, nails, spikes, electrical devices, lines or wires with hooks attached, and devices for the production of toxic fumes or gases.
If a person sets up such a trap to protect his/her property, he/she will be liable for any injury or death even to an unwanted intruder such as a burglar. It is illegal to set a booby trap on one's own property to prevent intruders.
If a person sets up such a trap to protect his/her property, he/she will be liable for any injury or death even to an unwanted intruder such as a burglar. It is illegal to set a booby trap on one's own property to prevent intruders.
#25
Originally Posted by zipper06
If you set up any form of security that will intentionaly cause harm to someone it is considered booby traping.
O'K i have to ask :?: if you install Razor wire or Barbed wire on your fence is that also booby trapping :?: because it for sure will cause intentional harm. I know it wouldn't work on a mail box, which was the original post. Again i'm so glad i live where i do, in an area so peaceful,(want buy a little house 1340 sq ft and BIG shop 2400 sq ft), that it makes headlines when there is a B&E. Around here about the only calls the cops (2 in all) is when some farmer or employee get drunk and goes off on his wife, and the word spreads like wild fire and he can't hold up his head when out in public for the next month.
Zip.
O'K i have to ask :?: if you install Razor wire or Barbed wire on your fence is that also booby trapping :?: because it for sure will cause intentional harm. I know it wouldn't work on a mail box, which was the original post. Again i'm so glad i live where i do, in an area so peaceful,(want buy a little house 1340 sq ft and BIG shop 2400 sq ft), that it makes headlines when there is a B&E. Around here about the only calls the cops (2 in all) is when some farmer or employee get drunk and goes off on his wife, and the word spreads like wild fire and he can't hold up his head when out in public for the next month.
Zip.
as far as playing around with the fine symantics of what would qualify as a boobytrap or not coming down to a sticker or otrher verbal written warning.. I personally wouldn't chance it but people can Choose to do whatever they choose to do...we live in a free nation just prepared to pay the price if your wrong...both Criminaly and Civally...according to the law ignorance of the law is no defense.
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#27
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: LAWTON MI
Posts: 113
I asked one of are city officers if it would be against the law to fire off a few blank rounds or a starter pistol as they run away next time just might scare a punk kid strait. His reply was well if I let you do it than I have to let other people kind of opens a Pandora’s Box. :roll: I hate it when they give there opinion and not the actual law! I will be looking in to it.