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The grandparent post wasn't asking what would happen if you woke up at 3 AM and shot a policeman mistakenly. He was asking whether it would be legal to rig a b
by mquander 16y ago
The grandparent post wasn't asking what would happen if you woke up at 3 AM and shot a policeman mistakenly. He was asking whether it would be legal to rig a booby trap to do it! Those are extremely different situations, to say the least! You're arguing with a straw man.
- burgerbrain 16y agoAs I interpreted it, the grandparent post foolishly tried to express his more general question by coming up with a silly hypothetical^ device. The purpose of the device was to injure a police officer as a result of the home-owner not being aware of what was going on. I've taken the hypothetical device out of the question by pointing out that there are real-life situations where no-knock raids have causes unnecessary loss of life. I'm not arguing with a strawman, but rather restating the grandparents original point/question in a less absurd and tangential fashion. ^I sure as hell hope it was hypothetical anyway...
- Jach 16y agoYes, my hypothetical wasn't taken so well. I may set up a simple audio alarm with an analog circuit if I ever feel like it, but of course a rigged gun is stupid. (I'd end up making it disabled via remote control too but then I'd worry about it not actually being disabled as I'm opening the door, even if it makes a disabled noise...) I should have stuck with the Microwave example below, that's cooler anyway.