• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Extremely, there are explicit laws against booby trapping your own property and you can face full prosecution even if it harms only burglars.

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      22 hours ago

      If Boris is being shot and explodes, the likelihood of the home owner already being killed by ICE or other agents is pretty high.

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      1 day ago

      Gotta ask though, if it needs to be shot to go off, is that really a booby trap? I have draino in my house, that isn’t a trap. Maybe you have to put a sign on it saying don’t shoot?

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        1 day ago

        It would absolutely, 100% go to trial, and the prosecution could easily prove an intent to harm.

        As much as the Better Call Saul kinds of legal arguments look clever on TV, in reality the law is much more about vibes and how people interpret what happened.

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          33 minutes ago

          I just wonder where the line is. Is it intent to harm. So if say the thing was a gift, and they didn’t know it was explosive. Would that absolve the person of guilt. Maybe it goes to manslaughter in that case?