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Article #4Re: Hamemade Anti Theft Device Injures Car Mechanic
From: Ad absurdum per aspera
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:02
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:02
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> Even in the United States, the device is likely illegal. Booby-traps > are always illegal. Often quite a bit more illegal in the US than manufacturing or negligently storing a gun, as I (mis)understand it. The reason, I believe, is that booby traps take human judgment out of the loop in a very important matter (and, as a practical consequencen have a bad track record for nailing good guys, innocent bystanders, and people committing some little offense that would not have justified the use of deadly force anyway). Some details about how it was *meant* to be triggered would at least explain why it was there -- it is received wisdom in the US that Jo'burg (and perhaps some other parts of South Africa) have a severe problem with carjacking and similar crimes. (See also the vehicle flame thrower from a few years ago.) Whether that justifies a booby trap under their laws, I have no idea. Ditto for the relative likelihood of shooting a carjacker, his mechanic, or himself with the thing, or where the presumably moving car ends up after its driver takes a bullet in the belly... --Joe
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