On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Vinnie Moscaritolo wrote:
You pop a claymore in a building with any substance up to the level of concrete re-enforced, and you _will_ be going with them.
booby traping your home is a really stupid idea, I promise that your dog/child/spouse will be theone to accidentally set it off. besides for this you can get sued..
I wasn't condoning boobytrapping, I was arguing that a claymore is a bit on the explosive side for use in a house (the thing has about a pound of C-4 and a whole bunch of steel ball bearings in it, 95% mortality out to about 50 meters IIRC.
every hear the one about the case of a guy who constantly had his radar detector stolen out his his car, he decides to set a trap and rigs his next one with exposive. The perp steals the box, sells it. someclown powers it up on his dash board and BANG!.. well you'd figure justice is served, but the NYC judges awarded the mass of flesh damages and charged the guy with manslaughter.
There are other stories where the perp gets it _in_the_act_ and still gets awarded damages. Fucking country is going to the dogs and there ain't nowhere else to go. Petro, Christopher C. petro@suba.com <prefered for any non-list stuff> snow@smoke.suba.com