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From: keith@hp-pcd.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Protection against B&E - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 03:35:30 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 28 03:35:30 1983
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hp-pcd!keith    Jun 27 14:03:00 1983

Before everyone rushes off and "booby traps" his or her car stereo system, I
would like to raise a question.

   Does a car owner have the legal right to set booby traps in his/her
   car?

I vaguely remember a case where a CB radio had been reported stolen that
had some blasting caps inside it.  The police were trying to locate the unit
before it blew up.  I seem to remember that there was some law against 
setting traps like this.

I suppose that any such laws would also apply to homeowners as well.

				     Keith M. Taylor
				     Corvallis, Oregon
				     hplabs!hp-pcd!keith



P.S.  Not that I have any overwhelming compassion for thieves, but booby 
      traps don't discriminate between them and the kids next door or my
      mechanic.