Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!Finney From: Finney@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ken Finney) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Protecting car stereos (legal) Message-ID: <28@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 12:49:21 EDT Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.28 Posted: Wed Jul 3 12:49:21 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 09:47:26 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 20 Laws dealing with things like the razor blade trick differ from state to state and town to town, so there are a lot of things to be considered. However, one rule that has a lot of legal precedence is that you cannot use more force to protect yourself than is being used against you. If a person walks into your house, grabs your tv and walks out, and you shoot him, you are quilty. He didn't use deadly force against you, but you did against him. Also, if you wake up at night to find a burglar in your house and shoot him (her), you can be found quilty unless you can prove that the burglar threatened to use deadly force against you first. I'm not saying that these rulings are correct, but that's the way that a lot of them go. It's probably time to end this discussion anyway, or at least move it to net.legal. "First thing we do is kill all the lawyers! (Paraphrased from Richard III) -Ken Finney-