~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, Jim Choate wrote:
. . . federal ruling that basicly says that if you meet a burglar in your home at nite you can not kill or otherwise harm them unless you're life is directly threatened. In short, you MUST give up the ground if at all possible. . . .
Citation please. Killing is usually a state matter. I doubt there was any such federal ruling. In California, there is a legal presumption that anyone who illegally enters an occupied dwelling, at night, is a threat to life or great bodily harm. You may, therefore, use deadly force without further evidence. (This means you can shoot 'em in the back if you want.) Now back to the booby-trapped computer thread: I think it would be better to have your booby-trap kill your data, not the nice men in the nomex ski masks. While those folks might take a dim view of the former, they would most certainly would take extreme umbridge at the latter. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~