Mike wrote: > Sure, but be careful of how you do this. You don't want to shoot a > paintball into your postman's eye. Strangely, you also don't want to > injure a thief: I have heard of cases, and I think they were true > stories, where thieves were injured by booby traps, so they sued the > home > owners and won damage awards. > Mike is right. The case that everyone has in law school is from Iowa (and I went in New York!). It's about a spring-gun. Hooker v. Miller. 37 Iowa 613. Thomas