Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site mtx5a.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!mtx5a!ebh From: ebh@mtx5a.UUCP (Ed Horch) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Protecting Car Stereos Message-ID: <1040@mtx5a.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 18:49:05 EDT Article-I.D.: mtx5a.1040 Posted: Tue Jun 25 18:49:05 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 07:20:39 EDT Organization: AT&T-ISL, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 18 >> Take several double-edged razor blades and put a 90 degree bend >> in each. Then screw one "leg" of each blade to the back of your >> stereo. The more razor blades you use, the better. >Don't even think about it. I have heard several instances >where people have tried to protect their possessions by booby- >trapping them, have wounded a would-be thief, and have been >successfully prosecuted for damages to the intruder. He's right. The legality that applies here is the idea of "endangering life to protect property". Personally, I believe that a person should lose certain lawful protections, such as that one, as soon as s/he engages in a criminal act. In some cases this is true, but protecting your car stereo isn't one of them. :-( -Ed Horch {ihnp4,akgua,ariel}!mtx5b!ebh