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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Protecting Car Stereos (and everything else...)
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Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 14:46:26 EDT
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(The referenced article describes a James-Bond explosive alarm system.)

Actually, it appears you have to use some caution in how much your alarm
can do.  Recently here in Orlando, someone had an alarm installed (by a
company in Miami) which discharged tear gas if a burglar broke in.  She
took the car to a car dealer for repairs, and somehow the dealer set off
the alarm.  The dealer then sued the owner of the car, and the judge found
the owner of the car to have made "excessive use of force" in protecting
her motor vehicle.

Disclaimer: This came from an article in the Orlando Sentinel.  Recently
we've seen the dangers of believing articles from newspapers... so you will
have to take it with a grain of salt, I guess.
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