Householder Booby Traps
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5278034/One-in-20-householde...
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One in 20 householders admit they have rigged devices to halt a burglar.
However, the homeowners themselves risk jail as it is illegal to set a trap to injure or kill an intruder.
The figures from insurance firm Direct Line reveal the measures people will go to protect their property.
Common booby traps include holes in floorboards, loose stairs, hidden trip wires, garden pits and even plant pots or ornaments attached to hidden strings.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, a householder who "knew of an intended intruder and set a trap to hurt or kill them rather than involve the police would be acting with very excessive and gratuitous force and could be prosecuted."
In extreme cases, some property owners who have been repeatedly burgled have illegally set traps involving nail bombs or shotguns.
The study also found four in ten householders would arm themselves with objects they could hurl at an intruder.
However, the homeowners themselves risk jail as it is illegal to set a trap to injure or kill an intruder.
The figures from insurance firm Direct Line reveal the measures people will go to protect their property.
Common booby traps include holes in floorboards, loose stairs, hidden trip wires, garden pits and even plant pots or ornaments attached to hidden strings.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, a householder who "knew of an intended intruder and set a trap to hurt or kill them rather than involve the police would be acting with very excessive and gratuitous force and could be prosecuted."
In extreme cases, some property owners who have been repeatedly burgled have illegally set traps involving nail bombs or shotguns.
The study also found four in ten householders would arm themselves with objects they could hurl at an intruder.
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remanns
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I don't think England has quite the same laws as Texas. But you still cant mine your house in Texas. Yet.
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remanns
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remanns
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Cult of the do-it-your-selfer.
- 2 years ago
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remanns
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remanns
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I would defend the house with whatever was at hand. But there would be a confrontation. I'm afraid I have something of a "over my dead body" disposition. But I would try VERY HARD to make it their body that was now "mine".
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remanns
