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>Can you cite a law that says they're not legal? The Geneva convention, for starters. It's also a five second Google search: https://definitions.uslegal.com/b

>Can you cite a law that says they're not legal? The Geneva convention, for starters. It's also a five second Google search: https://definitions.uslegal.com/b/booby-traps/ https://definitions.uslegal.com/b/booby-traps/

JibJabLab 8y ago
The Geneva Convention applies during wartime, does it not? AFAIK, we aren't in an actual war against theives...
dragonwriter 8y ago
> The Geneva convention Which Geneva Convention applies to non-state actors not acting in the context of international or internal war? Please quote specifically the relevant provisions making it applicable to that case. > It's also a five second Google search Well, yes, that that's all the effort you devoted does explain the rather giant hole in your argument.
- bduerst 8y ago
  >The Geneva convention, for starters. Is the full statement. Individual state laws vary but it's important enough to be international law was the point. From the article: >If a person sets up such a trap to protect his/her property, he/she will be liable for any injury or death even to an unwanted intruder such as a burglar. It is illegal to set a booby trap on one's own property to prevent intruders.
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    > >The Geneva convention, for starters. > Is the full statement. And that statement is wrong, AFAICT; the Geneva Conventions do not address the conduct at issue here, whether “for starters” or otherwise. They might prohibit somewhat analogous conduct in a very disanalogous context [0] but context and conduct are not orthogonal considerations in law. [0] or, maybe not; the specific instrument you are probably thinking of is Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; it does address booby-traps, but the device at issue here is not a booby-trap as defined in that protocol (not designed to kill or injure).
jki275 8y ago
The Geneva Convention?? Seriously? That betrays a total lack of comprehension for this entire discussion and the law.

JibJabLab 8y ago

The Geneva Convention applies during wartime, does it not? AFAIK, we aren't in an actual war against theives...

dragonwriter 8y ago

> The Geneva convention Which Geneva Convention applies to non-state actors not acting in the context of international or internal war? Please quote specifically the relevant provisions making it applicable to that case. > It's also a five second Google search Well, yes, that that's all the effort you devoted does explain the rather giant hole in your argument.

bduerst 8y ago
>The Geneva convention, for starters. Is the full statement. Individual state laws vary but it's important enough to be international law was the point. From the article: >If a person sets up such a trap to protect his/her property, he/she will be liable for any injury or death even to an unwanted intruder such as a burglar. It is illegal to set a booby trap on one's own property to prevent intruders.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > >The Geneva convention, for starters. > Is the full statement. And that statement is wrong, AFAICT; the Geneva Conventions do not address the conduct at issue here, whether “for starters” or otherwise. They might prohibit somewhat analogous conduct in a very disanalogous context [0] but context and conduct are not orthogonal considerations in law. [0] or, maybe not; the specific instrument you are probably thinking of is Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; it does address booby-traps, but the device at issue here is not a booby-trap as defined in that protocol (not designed to kill or injure).

jki275 8y ago

The Geneva Convention?? Seriously? That betrays a total lack of comprehension for this entire discussion and the law.