THIS is how you handle porch thieves

[2LaneCruzer]

Robber was shot once in the head, then the guy defending the store left the store to go after the second robber. 45 seconds later the defender comes back into the store, then grabs another gun and then shoots the guy laying on the floor already shot once in the head another five times???

That was an execution IMO.

If the defended would of just loaded 5 more rounds into the guy on the floor after he was shot in the head, he would of had a better chance of arguing self defense IMO, and even then it could be iffy iffy.

I think the Prosecutor would agree with you. That's not what the pharmacist argued, but it seems clear to me. I have little sympathy for armed robbers who get what's coming to them, but I think the jury was probably correct on this one.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Many years ago I sold car stereos and had a couple stolen from display case near the door. Then I rigged one so when you turned it on it would fry the car wiring, fry the speakers and a smoke bomb would go off.
That was the last one ever stolen.
I was explaining it to several police and detectives...I heard all the laughter, turned around and then they had solemn expressions.

 

[Sigarms]

Many years ago I sold car stereos and had a couple stolen from display case near the door. Then I rigged one so when you turned it on it would fry the car wiring, fry the speakers and a smoke bomb would go off.
That was the last one ever stolen.
I was explaining it to several police and detectives...I heard all the laughter, turned around and then they had solemn expressions.

You rig something to go off to do damage to others because you know someone is going to possibly steel it, a good chance you will go to jail.

You're lucky only the car wiring was fried. If someone was injured, a good chance even back then you could get arrested.

That said, not proud of it now, but many decades ago when I pumped gas for work, always looked forward to the late shift on Friday and Saturday night around 0100-0200. White van from Jersey (gas station was in Pa) would generally pull into looking for a free tank of gas. The reward was if fill the tank up at no charge, you'd get your pick of brand new car stereo equipment (in a box, virgin new) at no cost for whatever the full tank would cost you. Guys would just cover the gas on their own dime and get stereo equipment.

No one ever asked questions, and the guy was actually very nice.

In my defense, I never took anything because I didn't actually own my own car back then (man, thinking about Carry's 69 Camero and Steves 72 Monte Carlo and helping them work on it when time allowed on weekend nights at "work" gives me a new appreciattion of those cars), but as a kid, it was cool looking at everything loaded in that van brand spanking new.

However, I never said anything to the owner's son about it because I always thought he was jerk, added I wasn't going to be "that guy" who finked on anyone.

 

[the old grind]

You passed, but appear to have little experience with Hi-Point and other cheap guns that shoot well. (fixed barrel, got Makarov?)

I doubt if spending twice as much is the sure way to cut group sizes in half.

btw, my most accurate .22 RF HG is the Heritage Rough Rider vs the Taurus revo or the Ruger semi-auto. Interesting that all three like or dislike the same ammo.

 

[Sigarms]

You passed, but appear to have little experience with Hi-Point and other cheap guns that shoot well. (fixed barrel, got Makarov?)

Have to ask, exactly what post are you responding to???

If by chance your are responding to my post per #80 per this thread, I apologize if you can't tell, I was being sarcastic a#1 and #2 was a dead giveaway.

 

[the old grind]

I did read your post that far off the mark, sorry. (doh!)

That said, I blame lack of trigger time for my declining mental state.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I cry foul on the rigged stereo story. Any stereo feed would have a modest fuse. Hardly going to ruin the cars wiring. And combined speaker resistance would also blow the supply fuse before damaging the speakers. Smoke Bomb? P L E A S E.

And IF you did booby trap a car stereo today, you would be surely labelled a domestic terrorist.

 

[the old grind]

IT, it's too easy to re-wire speaker outlets internally to get 12v when the power is switched on, and it'd take a lot less than the 10a or so a radio is fused for to cook voice coils with that much DC.

When no sound comes out people wiggle all the controls. I suspect that it was a long time ago, too.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Combined, four speakers?, would be 2 ohm, @ 13.8 volts, = 6.9 amps, BUT the circuit was supposedly SHORTED to DESTROY the car wiring.

 

[two_bit_score]

I wonder what happened to the old criminal defense lawyer tactic to defend a shooter of a criminal that his clinent should be found not guilty because the deceased was such a bad character that “ he needed killing”.

I’ve actually seen that tactic successfully used.