Right. But the chance that your booby trap is discovered by the law without it blowing up is way higher than it serving it’s purpose as an uno reverse against ICE.
So rather than going to prison for no reason, I say take the fight to them!
I’m pretty sure it would still be illegal. The logic behind traps being illegal is that they harm indiscriminately. And in the case of explosives they have the potential to harm more than just the person who triggered the trap.
Doesn’t even need that. If Boris is in the foyer, I’m answering the front door. If push comes to shove and I’m killed at the front door, they already know a threat exists. Then they enter the house and attempt to detain Boris.
Gotta ask though, if it needs to be shot to go off, is that really a booby trap? I have draino in my house, that isn’t a trap. Maybe you have to put a sign on it saying don’t shoot?
It would absolutely, 100% go to trial, and the prosecution could easily prove an intent to harm.
As much as the Better Call Saul kinds of legal arguments look clever on TV, in reality the law is much more about vibes and how people interpret what happened.
I just wonder where the line is. Is it intent to harm. So if say the thing was a gift, and they didn’t know it was explosive. Would that absolve the person of guilt. Maybe it goes to manslaughter in that case?
There are a lot of serious laws in the US about owning, transporting and storing explosives (thank you Anarchist bomber movement last century) as well as requirements for permits and the like, so you would have to prove it was a “gift” and not intended to be used for anything, but even then you would not only face negligence charges/manslaughter if someone was killed, but also various kinds of “aggravated” charges related to public safety. I am not a lawyer but I have a feeling the prosecution would make a pretty heavy case to make an example.
Unfortunately I think this is still illegal 😔
So is executing unarmed people in the street but that seems to be where the calvinball game is at.
Yeah, but you don’t wanna do the illegal thing AT YOUR HOUSE.
Set it up in a bush near the police station or something.
This is for when they come to your house. At that point your best case scenario is that you’re dragged perfectly healthy to a concentration camp.
Right. But the chance that your booby trap is discovered by the law without it blowing up is way higher than it serving it’s purpose as an uno reverse against ICE.
So rather than going to prison for no reason, I say take the fight to them!
They can’t put you in jail if you’re fucking dead cuz you blew up your house.
Probably in most jurisdictions but maybe not if you shoot it yourself. Then it goes from being a trap to a remote controlled weapon.
Any sort of trap is illegal, for good reason.
Although tannerite is stable unless you shoot it with a round going over 2000ft/s
What if you hung a sign in your house stating “This is my tannerite storage mannequin, do not shoot him”?
I’m pretty sure it would still be illegal. The logic behind traps being illegal is that they harm indiscriminately. And in the case of explosives they have the potential to harm more than just the person who triggered the trap.
Extremely, there are explicit laws against booby trapping your own property and you can face full prosecution even if it harms only burglars.
If Boris is being shot and explodes, the likelihood of the home owner already being killed by ICE or other agents is pretty high.
Ah, so your idea is a dead-man’s-switch, clever.
Doesn’t even need that. If Boris is in the foyer, I’m answering the front door. If push comes to shove and I’m killed at the front door, they already know a threat exists. Then they enter the house and attempt to detain Boris.
I don’t think borris needs to explode for him to be discovered and you to be charged lol
If I’m dead, who are they charging? And who’s charging me when Boris kills the rest of them who killed me?
If he doesn’t explode, why have you and everyone else died?
ICE has a tendency to randomly kill people.
I feel like you got my point and you’re just kidding around, but just in case:
It’s not subtle, it’s probably going to be discovered and you arrested before it has an opportunity to serve it’s purpose
If American federal agents showed up at my door it would be an international act of war.
Gotta ask though, if it needs to be shot to go off, is that really a booby trap? I have draino in my house, that isn’t a trap. Maybe you have to put a sign on it saying don’t shoot?
It would absolutely, 100% go to trial, and the prosecution could easily prove an intent to harm.
As much as the Better Call Saul kinds of legal arguments look clever on TV, in reality the law is much more about vibes and how people interpret what happened.
I just wonder where the line is. Is it intent to harm. So if say the thing was a gift, and they didn’t know it was explosive. Would that absolve the person of guilt. Maybe it goes to manslaughter in that case?
There are a lot of serious laws in the US about owning, transporting and storing explosives (thank you Anarchist bomber movement last century) as well as requirements for permits and the like, so you would have to prove it was a “gift” and not intended to be used for anything, but even then you would not only face negligence charges/manslaughter if someone was killed, but also various kinds of “aggravated” charges related to public safety. I am not a lawyer but I have a feeling the prosecution would make a pretty heavy case to make an example.