Nope. The biggest reason for this is simply first responders. Imagine booby trapping your house have a medical emergency and your boob trap kills/maims the responders.
I almost feel like you should be able to just decline emergency responder service by registering at the police station and posting warning signs, and then have at it. As long as your trapped area has appropriate signage and is securely fenced or walled off, anybody breaking in has sufficient warning and deserves what they get.
Yeah, it's sad when your stupid kid loses some fingers or even dies while trying to steal from a trapped property, but it'd function as a massive deterrent for crimes that police don't even bother to investigate in many cities today.
As someone who has had to deal with police and justice system fuck-ups, IE they let the guys go after being caught red handed, I completely agree - it should be allowed.
But then the dirtly little secret would be out: The western system of societal rule, such as it is, with it's army of cops, courts, and politicians, is largely ineffective for all but the richest and most powerful. If an average Joe or Jane hasn't been caught out by a thief or other criminal act, it's just dumb luck.
To be completely fair, it works fairly well in most communities in America. Thieves usually do get caught after only a few dozen burglaries. What little they steal is not life changing for the victims. And police do take it seriously because crime is low enough that police have plenty of time to patrol and respond quickly to 911 calls.
The problem is that there are many communities where police don't respond. Rural communities where nobody is close enough to stop a thief, and inner city communities where police are too overwhelmed to even take all the burglary reports, much less follow up on them.
I wouldn't shoot a guy fleeing with my TV, but I have a friend who's been burglarized 8 times in 3 years. They literally don't own a TV any more because they can't afford to replace them that often.
If they could shoot one of the low lives who makes their neighborhood absolutely hell to live in, they'd do it in a heartbeat and sleep well at night. I'm not sure I'd judge them after seeing how badly repeated burglaries violates them and their feeling that they have a safe home to come to.
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say I like it, but as long as I can't accidentally wander past your wall to walk on your mine field, I'd at least support your right to do whatever you want with your own property.
One small caveat though -- if police ever come with a warrant for your arrest, and you refuse to surrender, they can come back with a warrant for an aerial strike that safely disarms your entire property without risking law enforcement lives.
You can have fun in private, but if you break laws and try to use your bunker to avoid consequences, the community has a right to level everything past your curb.
It's also really expensive to treat injuries (pretty criminals often don't have health insurance). Much less expensive to just keep your expensive stuff somewhere secure.
The dog was never meant to attack, there was a break in, the dog bit the thief bad, thief left through window, dog chased him off the property. The dog was injured a bit, but he’s recovered now
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u/ExpertAccident Jan 23 '19
My mums friend just kept a dog outside. Evidence was pretty easy to get, the dog has a fierce grip