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BBC Booby traps: Man in Maine killed by own device 1 Dec 2019
65歳の爺様が、自宅に仕掛けた対侵入者用トラップにひっかかり、救急車を呼ぶも死亡。
「A 65-year-old American man who rigged his home with a booby trap to keep out intruders has been killed by the device.
Ronald Cyr called police in the town of Van Buren in the state of Maine to say he had been shot.
Police found a door had been designed to fire a handgun should anyone attempt to enter. Mr Cyr was taken to hospital but died of his injuries.」
不当に入り込もうとした人物に拳銃弾を叩き込む仕掛けだったそう。自家製水準の仕掛けだったそうで、意図したとおりの動作をしたのか、誤作動だったのかは不明。
「"Following an extensive investigation that lasted into the early morning... it was determined that Mr Cyr had been shot as the result of the unintentional discharge of one of his homemade devices," the police department said in a Facebook post.」
こうした仕掛けを仕掛けるのは不法・違法行為だが、わりと行き渡っているものだとか。
まあそりゃそうだ、言われてみればその通りだが、侵入者は処罰されるべきだし所有者は己の財産を護る権利があるが、侵入者に対する罰を勝手に設定することは出来ない。それがかなりの危害を加えるものなら―殺傷能力があるものならなおさら不法だろう。
ショッキングピンクの塗料を頭からぶちまけるトラップとか、芳香剤の原液を全身にスプレーするとか。このへんなら裁判官も許してくれるだろうと思うけど。
ナイフを飛ばしたりするのはまずいだろう。
「There have been other cases of booby-trapped homes in the US.
In February, a team of real estate investors walking through a home they had bought in Philadelphia discovered that a staircase had been rigged with string which, if tripped, would have triggered a swinging knife.
In September last year, a man in Illinois was killed when he opened a neighbour's shed that had been rigged to fire a shotgun. William Wasmund, 48, was found guilty this September of first-degree murder and aggravated battery.」
ショットガンはマズイだろう。
…映画のセットを再現するよーなアホの子もいるようで、なんというか文化が豊か過ぎるのもなんですな、という感はちょっとある。
「And in October last year a man in Oregon was charged after fortifying his home "like a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark".
FBI agents found a circular hot tub linked up to a tripwire, a fortified front door, animal traps and a wheelchair rigged with a shotgun that went off, hitting an agent in the leg.」
ショットガンはやりすぎだろう。ほんとショットガン大好きなんだな。
「The definition of booby trap is a concealed or camouflaged device that can cause bodily injury when triggered.
It is illegal to set up devices in your home to protect it from intruders, if those devices can cause harm.」
「Even if the trap targets a criminal, the trap-setter, though having the right to protect their home, has no right to determine the punishment.」
BBC Booby traps: Man in Maine killed by own device 1 Dec 2019
65歳の爺様が、自宅に仕掛けた対侵入者用トラップにひっかかり、救急車を呼ぶも死亡。
「A 65-year-old American man who rigged his home with a booby trap to keep out intruders has been killed by the device.
Ronald Cyr called police in the town of Van Buren in the state of Maine to say he had been shot.
Police found a door had been designed to fire a handgun should anyone attempt to enter. Mr Cyr was taken to hospital but died of his injuries.」
不当に入り込もうとした人物に拳銃弾を叩き込む仕掛けだったそう。自家製水準の仕掛けだったそうで、意図したとおりの動作をしたのか、誤作動だったのかは不明。
「"Following an extensive investigation that lasted into the early morning... it was determined that Mr Cyr had been shot as the result of the unintentional discharge of one of his homemade devices," the police department said in a Facebook post.」
こうした仕掛けを仕掛けるのは不法・違法行為だが、わりと行き渡っているものだとか。
まあそりゃそうだ、言われてみればその通りだが、侵入者は処罰されるべきだし所有者は己の財産を護る権利があるが、侵入者に対する罰を勝手に設定することは出来ない。それがかなりの危害を加えるものなら―殺傷能力があるものならなおさら不法だろう。
ショッキングピンクの塗料を頭からぶちまけるトラップとか、芳香剤の原液を全身にスプレーするとか。このへんなら裁判官も許してくれるだろうと思うけど。
ナイフを飛ばしたりするのはまずいだろう。
「There have been other cases of booby-trapped homes in the US.
In February, a team of real estate investors walking through a home they had bought in Philadelphia discovered that a staircase had been rigged with string which, if tripped, would have triggered a swinging knife.
In September last year, a man in Illinois was killed when he opened a neighbour's shed that had been rigged to fire a shotgun. William Wasmund, 48, was found guilty this September of first-degree murder and aggravated battery.」
ショットガンはマズイだろう。
…映画のセットを再現するよーなアホの子もいるようで、なんというか文化が豊か過ぎるのもなんですな、という感はちょっとある。
「And in October last year a man in Oregon was charged after fortifying his home "like a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark".
FBI agents found a circular hot tub linked up to a tripwire, a fortified front door, animal traps and a wheelchair rigged with a shotgun that went off, hitting an agent in the leg.」
ショットガンはやりすぎだろう。ほんとショットガン大好きなんだな。
「The definition of booby trap is a concealed or camouflaged device that can cause bodily injury when triggered.
It is illegal to set up devices in your home to protect it from intruders, if those devices can cause harm.」
「Even if the trap targets a criminal, the trap-setter, though having the right to protect their home, has no right to determine the punishment.」
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