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From: Finney@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ken Finney)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Protecting car stereos (legal)
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Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 12:49:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  3 12:49:21 1985
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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-