I mean, that is the general idea of a booby trap. Maybe not C4 or a rigged up shotgun, but still an automated trap that is meant to cause harm to potential thieves.
So, either you think booby traps are sprung simply on door knocks/bells, or you think neighbors, missionaries, and salespeople can reasonably enter your home and make it to your internal traps without express permission or consent to be on the property.
Lets say I set up a whole ass grenade bouquet. A Mormon knocks on my door, nothing happens. The Mormon leaves, nothing happens. A Sales guy shows up next, rings the bell, nothing happens. He thinks “dude’s not home, let’s go inside anyway” and breaks in, he goes up the stairs and hits a tripwire…
But why was the sales guy inside? I don’t care if he “just wanted to leave Verizon literature on my pillow” or if he was a “thief,” he shouldn’t have broken in.
If they bypass a locked door while I’m not home and go up my stairs hitting the tripwire that drops the paint cans, that’s a reason.
When you hear “booby trap for thief” are you thinking “c4 that detonates when you press the doorbell?”
I mean, that is the general idea of a booby trap. Maybe not C4 or a rigged up shotgun, but still an automated trap that is meant to cause harm to potential thieves.
Right, but your list of potential non-thieves was
So, either you think booby traps are sprung simply on door knocks/bells, or you think neighbors, missionaries, and salespeople can reasonably enter your home and make it to your internal traps without express permission or consent to be on the property.
Lets say I set up a whole ass grenade bouquet. A Mormon knocks on my door, nothing happens. The Mormon leaves, nothing happens. A Sales guy shows up next, rings the bell, nothing happens. He thinks “dude’s not home, let’s go inside anyway” and breaks in, he goes up the stairs and hits a tripwire…
But why was the sales guy inside? I don’t care if he “just wanted to leave Verizon literature on my pillow” or if he was a “thief,” he shouldn’t have broken in.