[SEL] Shed Invasions

Germoamer at aol.com Germoamer at aol.com
Wed Apr 20 04:52:14 PDT 2005


In a message dated 4/19/2005 10:15:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
transteck at earthlink.net writes:

<< It is not legal to steal, but in these parts you can't set a trap for 
 thiefs if the building is not attached to the hous >>

Jeff,

That is probably true in all places. You cannot set a trap to hurt someone.  
I remember reading about a classic case of this back in the late 60's when a 
person set up a shotgun to go off when a building he owned was consistently 
broken into.  Shotgun went off, burglar lost leg, sued owner and won! 

Tom Schmutz
Concord, Va. USA
Germoamer at aol.com



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