"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message
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"I hope no emergency workers (firemen, cops, etc.) need to get into
your
place while you're not around. It could spell a very long jail term for

you if they set off the traps. "

You got that right...like if you had lived in New Orleans and the
authorities were now checking your home for victums.

Or in a moment of inattention, your grandchild wanders into one of the
traps.

I have a very dim view of "traps" and I have seen the results of a jury
where someone tried to explain his way out of having set one.

In the case of this jury, the award was in the millions to the victum.

And the person who set the traps is still in prision.

TMT


Get a grip, dude. It's not like I'm deliberately trying to kill someone.
Some monofilament hooked to some 1.5" thin galvanized tubes stood on end
will make a hell of a racket at night. Simple noisemaking "traps" are
effective, safe, and simple.

FYI, I have two sets of gates my grandchildren would have to go through to
get in my shop area. They are automatic and self closing. We keep an eye
on our kids, and don't let them just wander around. We also have a pool and
two jaccuzzis, and are without incident because we WATCH OUR KIDS. Not
something everyone does.

I have a dimmer view of "thieves" than you do of "traps." I have seen where
they have come out better in court than the victims they have sucked blood
out of. One broke into my house, and before they could trace him back to
his house (he left his car), he shaved and cut his hair off and didn't match
the description of a man with long scraggly black hair and a beard.

A little payback ain't such a bad deal. Unless, you are a bleeding heart
liberal, and in that case, why don't you just post your address? Invite
them over for a support group. Serve vienna sausages and Cheeze-Whiz.

I could give a Flying Wallenda if they break a leg. Or injure their
self-esteem.

Steve