Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mecc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!mgnetp!dicomed!mecc!sewilco From: sewilco@mecc.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Re: Re: Protecting Car Stereos Message-ID: <325@mecc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 19:25:12 EDT Article-I.D.: mecc.325 Posted: Sun Jul 7 19:25:12 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 05:52:06 EDT References: <943@hou2h.UUCP> <3884@alice.UUCP> <574@cvl.UUCP> <424@enmasse.UUCP> <321@ucdavis.UUCP> Reply-To: sewilco@.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon) Organization: MN Ed Comp Corp, St.Paul, MN Lines: 15 Keywords: protecting property and lives; not legal opinion Summary: Can't harm people who are harming property. > . > . > ... Lots about using hidden razor blades to protect your stereo. > > > What sort of grounds would the 'injured party' use in the law suit? I'm not a lawyer (my lawyer likes me to say that), but several cases which I've read about boobytraps all agreed on one thing: When you're trying to protect property, you cannot try to harm a person. The concept of self-defense only gives you broad powers in protecting your body, not protecting your property. Scot E. Wilcoxon Minn. Ed. Comp. Corp. circadia!mecc!sewilco 45N03',93W15' (612)481-3507 {ihnp4,mgnetp,uwvax}!dicomed!mecc!sewilco