On 4/2/2022 10:31 PM, Your Name wrote:
> On 2022-04-03 04:15:41 +0000, The Horny Goat said:
>> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 01:45:59 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Not sure the US law on this but in Canada you can set traps for
>>>> criminals as long as they're not intended to injure - so if the crook
>>>> falls into a 10' deep pit with a sound alarm to summon help that's ok
>>>> but spikes are out.
>>>
>>> I have a trap door that opens into a pit and activates an
>>> industrial-sized table saw. That reminds me: I've neglected to clean it.
>>> Don't want the saw to rust.
>>
>> Har har har - I know after our store's last burglary I was seriously
>> thinking that might be a good thing.
>
> The New Zealand government provides funding for putting fog cannons in
> local dairies (a suburban neighbourhood convenience store), liquor
> outlets, and petrol stations. The shop has to apply via the NZ Police,
> who then assess the risk.
> <https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/411103/1-point-9m-more-for-fog-cannons-in-dairies-liquor-stores>
>
The problem I see with that is you don't know you need to use until the
thief has grabbed the valuables. If you could somehow know a person was
_going to_ grab something then maybe but in the real world I don't see
how it really helps. If anything its going to make it worse by
preventing any efforts to stop them from getting out with the goods.

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