CowboyEngineer wrote:If leaving your garage door up and having an alarm system is considered setting a trap, then I am in big trouble. I don't know if the kid deserved to be shot but if you are shopping in someone else's garage at night you shouldn't expect a hug. Whether the kid was a homegrown thief or a foreign exchange thief doesn't matter to me. My sympathy is with the shooter.
There's no way I could convict in good conscience if one of my neighbors shot a burglar inside their home.Nonetheless, the story is a good reminder that "loose lips sink ships" and "silence is golden."