They can’t put you in jail if you’re fucking dead cuz you blew up your house.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Unfortunately I think this is still illegal 😔
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
ameancow@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Extremely, there are explicit laws against booby trapping your own property and you can face full prosecution even if it harms only burglars.
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 4 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.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 46 minutes ago
I don’t think borris needs to explode for him to be discovered and you to be charged lol
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 40 minutes ago
If I’m dead, who are they charging? And who’s charging me when Boris kills the rest of them who killed me?
ameancow@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Ah, so your idea is a dead-man’s-switch, clever.
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Doesn’t even need that. If Boris is in the foyer, I’m answering the front door. If push comes to shove and I’m killed at the front door, they already know a threat exists. Then they enter the house and attempt to detain Boris.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 6 hours 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?
ameancow@lemmy.world 6 hours 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.
redsand@infosec.pub 6 hours ago
Probably in most jurisdictions but maybe not if you shoot it yourself. Then it goes from being a trap to a remote controlled weapon.