I got legal advice that said don't ever put signs like this up. It implies that you are eager to shoot someone. The DA could decide to prosecute you based on that.
It is different than putting up a sign saying you have a dog in the back yard that will bite.
“It is different than putting up a sign saying you have a dog in the back yard that will bite.”
A while back, we had one of those signs even when we didn’t have a dog.
If a passer-by asked about the dog, I’d holler, “CUJO!”, and then wait a moment and say, “Oh, that’s right. Cujo is at the vet.”
Here signs like that make your house a target...for theft. I’d rather they be surprised anyway.
Meh. You make the argument that it was meant as a deterrent - if you find you need to say anything at all.
Yes. It is good advice not to put these signs up. Also gives people a heads up you own weapons and thus are also a potential robbery site if and when nobody’s home.
People really have trouble trying to be a grey man.
“got legal advice that said don’t ever put signs like this up. It implies that you are eager to shoot someone. The DA could decide to prosecute you based on that”
I have read that you should only use weapons right out of the box, don’t do any work that will enhance the weapon because that has been used in court to convict based on the fact that you and your hotrod defense gear were proof of gunslinger mentality and thereby were itching to take a shot at something... Same goes for exotic ammunition.
Most LEO’s use out of the box gear as well because of court cases that have gone against them for using enhanced weaponry.
However, if you think about it there is really no need to get too fancified because most stuff coming out of the box these days has already been accessorized or accuratized or are ergonomically corrected to outperform the old out of the box stock stuff you that used to be purchased OTC.
I know a coin and precious metals dealer who told me that there’s even cases out there where people at numismatic shows have been robbed and they put ink bombs in the bags of coins that were being stolen and they were taken to court because they had put an explosive device in there and we’re being charged with some kind of an assault with a deadly weapon charge... So it’s a legal wrangling mess out there when it comes to any kind of defense that you might have. I remember reading (I think it was Ayoob Mossad) who once said that “every bullet has a lawyer attached to it”, and he’s right.