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No, but they do have a law about "burglary tools" that can include bolt cutters. That's pretty ridiculous if you ask me.
by AdmiralACK 11y ago
No, but they do have a law about "burglary tools" that can include bolt cutters. That's pretty ridiculous if you ask me.
- percept 11y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8867538 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8867538 Criminals (in this case bike thieves) just change their tactics: "He used a limited tool set—generally just wirecutters, a wrench, and a screwdriver—and didn’t like bolt cutters. “You caught with bolt cutters, they charge you with burglary,” he claimed."
- TeMPOraL 11y agoThat linked tread is surreal. Some things thieves use: "Cops found shattered pieces from my U-lock and told me the thief used liquid nitrogen." "The thief used a portable plasma cutter in broad daylight." And a comment that's hard to disagree with: "We used to hang horse theives no reason not to hang bike theives."
- markdown 11y ago> And a comment that's hard to disagree with: > "We used to hang horse theives no reason not to hang bike theives." Really? You find it hard to disagree with killing a man who steals a bike?... metal and rubber?
- celticninja 11y agoNot to agree with killing someone but a bike is more than metal and rubber. Sometimes it is your method of transport to and from work or other more important things.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoAnd sometimes it's a gift from your father, a thing you really enjoy using. Sometimes it is your method of spending time with friends. Sometimes it is the last gift your father ever gave to you. (No, I'm not injecting any personal bias here at all.)
- TeMPOraL 11y agoNo, of course I don't. It was a poorly executed hyperbole on my part. That said, I believe as a society we should be cracking down much harder on bike thieves.