Can I put booby traps on my property?

A booby trap may be defined as any concealed or camouflaged device designed to cause bodily injury when triggered by any action of a person making contact with the device. It is illegal to set a booby trap on one’s own property to prevent intruders.

Is it legal to set traps for porch Pirates?

Originally Answered: Given adequate warning, is it illegal to booby trap a package on your porch to kill or maim package thieves? Yes. Lethal force is for lethal threats. Not for revenge fantasies, vigilantism, or property crime.

What do you do if you catch a pirate on a porch?

What to do if a package is stolen from your porch

1. Step 1: Track the package.
2. Step 2: Check if your neighbors saw it or held onto it for you.
3. Step 3: Contact the seller or retailer.
4. Step 4: File a claim with the shipping company.
5. Step 5: Use the purchase protection features on your credit card.

How do you scare porch Pirates?

Video doorbells can be good deterrents to would-be porch pirates. In addition to deterrence, many of these video doorbells come with motion sensors and a notification system, which sends an alert when someone is on your front porch — and even allows you to initiate two-way talk.

Why are punji pits banned?

To make the Punji sticks more dangerous and poisonous, the Vietnamese army laced sharpened tips of sticks with toxic plants, animal urine, frogs, or even human faeces, to cause infection. The use of punji sticks in any act of conflict is banned from use under the 1980 Geneva Convention.

How many people died from punji sticks?

Less than 1000 US soldiers died from Punji Sticks, but the soldiers who survived these traps were normally crippled for life.

Do porch Pirates ever get caught?

Porch pirates are hard to catch. Though more and more homeowners are catching their package theft on camera, this doesn’t do a lot to protect your packages from being stolen. One source claims that police make arrests in less than 10\% of reported theft cases.