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JP171 wrote:actually it doesn't make it a machine gun, it may make it a class 3 weapon but not a machine gun

JP171 wrote:why oh why is the name of this thread so wrong??? an M-16A1 is NOT a machine gun, it is a select fire RIFLE, geez now were not only killing puppies but kittens too.

gringo pistolero wrote:I wonder if that's the real story. In any event, I hope the taxpayers hold him responsible for the replacement costs, as any of my employers would have held me responsible if I left company property in a car overnight and the property was stolen.

seamusTX wrote:

Keith B wrote:The Accord EX alarm was a basic system that looked for doors/trunk/hood being opened and then triggered. There was not a shock or glass break sensor from the factory.

That's correct.

I don't know how many car burglars break glass. That makes noise. They typically pop the trunk or jimmy a door (if the owner bothered locking the vehicle).

Even if they break a window they have to open the door to search the vehicle, which triggers the alarm.

Not to get off-topic or anything, but I've never known a shock sensor to do anyone any good. They go off all the time because of wind or something. One of my lazy neighbors has one, and he doesn't even come out to check the vehicle.

- Jim

seamusTX wrote:I'm not up on what's installed in cars these days. My car has a factory-installed alarm, but maybe that's because it's a higher-end model (Accord EX).

It's ironic that a cop car can be burglarized this way.

- Jim