(Missouri) Deputy finds 10 homemade cannons in booby-trapped garage

St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | 3/18/02 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Its wrong. But as we observed in the Briney case, the good guy had to give up everything he owned (and was trying to protect) to the bad guy.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I remember reading about what happened in Skidmore. The sheriff was heard to say,"...to bad about the Silverado."

[tacticalogic]

Generally speaking, these are called man traps.

If you're going to set a booby trap, it doesn't have to be lethal. You can replace the shot/nails with vials of gentian violet. If someone sets it off, just put out an APB for "the blue guy".

[KC Burke]

McElroy's attorney, Mcfaden, was a legendary fixer. I don't think he is still alive however.

[Joe Boucher]

I remember this case and thought it was and infringement upon ones rights to defend ones property at the time and still do. But I've been wrong before.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I was a cub reporter in Fort Dodge, IA., my first real job out of school when this happened.
In my mind, the Briney case made it clear you cannot protect property by lethal means.
I think Briney was from Eddyville, IA.

[chadmaster]

You mean like this?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Now, let's take a "for example"...

For example - some guy is burglarizing your place... you catch him, and he "disappears"... how would anyone know you were involved in the "disappearance"??? I mean, it's not like a burglar would leave the house and say, "Honey, I'm going to go break into houses now... if I'm not back by morning, call the police and tell them to check 151 main street, ok? Bye..." or would they???

;0)

[Squantos]

LOL ! Gotta love a homemade claymore for crowd of crook control. I just picked up my new rotweiller (replacement for original number 4) pup this AM. After reading this I'm gonna name her ......"Claymore" ! With the three others she'll make facing a real M18A1 seem like a cake walk.........

Stay Safe !

[Travis McGee]

Four Rotts? Whattya feed em?

[Squantos]

Any damn thing they want of course :o) Believe it or not it's not too bad of a food bill ........ compaired to a ADT style security monitoring service, chump change IMHO.

Stay Safe !

[Constitution Day]

He went to the Wile E. Coyote/Rube Goldberg school of weapons design.

Doubtless the manual was published by Acme Corporation!