You wouldn’t if you’d read up on the law. All it would take would be a glitter bomb harming someone’s eye or startling them into a heart attack and you’d easily be liable. Suppose they jumped back in surprise and broke their ankle. And if you think fending off a burglar is an automatic successful defense, you haven’t been paying attention to US torts over the past several decades. And laughing that they deserved it, however true, won’t get you out of trouble in the eyes of a jury.
Y-e-a-h. The U.S. judicial system is so horribly pathetic, it'd be hilarious if it wasn't a crucial component of society and as amazingly messed up as it is.
Yea but what if this guy was legit getting this sent to his house in the mail? To take someone else’s mail is a federal offense and all these people taking the package thought it was mail.
It's no different than rigging a shotgun to fire at a window or door when opened. The argument is, you can’t harm someone unless you’re present and at risk of harm too. A booby trap can injure someone who is innocent, like a fireman entering the premises. In the case of the rigged package, a curious or mischevous child might open it.
Where is Amazon drones with dropping packages you ordered on top of your head using your phone/watch/etc GPS+NFC or make a loud sound to turn your face up for recognition - then drop it on you ?
Well entrapment would be a hard sell. That requires - among other things - the police being involved in setting it up. They also have to encourage you to commit the crime. Having a package of anything on your porch isn’t you actively encouraging anyone to steal it.
That law refers to the mailbox and USPS mail only, as far as I know. A parcel on the doorstep wouldn’t run afoul of that particular law, especially USPS. Part of why there is concern on where it would go if they passed a law allowing the post office to sell access to your mailbox to companies - as in the company itself putting items in the box, not USPS carrying package or mass mailer it’s last leg of the journey.
I believe glitter and fart-in-a-can are quite different than a shotgun. Maybe that is the law, but it is a dumb one.
Because the majority of criminals, especially thieves of opportunity, are extremely intelligent?
Because the majority of criminals, especially thieves of opportunity, are extremely intelligent?
Think about it from the thief's perspective. You just got pwned by a glitter bomb. You're face is all over a video that you would assume the bomber has access to. If you go back to retaliate, what do you think the bomber has set up at the house? You're probably thinking, "man, this guy probably has all sorts of engineered traps and stuff ready to take me down."
