KATKO VS BRINEY: The Shotgun Door Trap Case | Tales From the Bottle

No, it's not from a movie - this couple really did rig their farmhouse with a shotgun door trap. And a burglar really triggered it!
"Katko v. Briney, 183 N.W.2d 657 (Iowa 1971), was a court case decided by the Iowa Supreme Court, in which two homeowners (Edward and Bertha Briney) were held liable for battery for injuries caused to a trespasser (Marvin Katko) who set off a spring gun set as a mantrap in an abandoned house on the homeowners’ property."
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[@Pacifist_chris]

Hey man, you should reply to this message and make my day just a little bit better!

[@bane2201]

Can you upload the remix to your second channel or something? It's a great remix!

[@pyrix]

@@Pacifist_chris No.

[@NorthEevee]

Nice MIDI, mate.

[@Babbleplay]

@@bane2201 I second this request.

[@kadius9251]

The “You are a Pirate” remix in the outro really makes this video I think

[@AxxLAfriku]

AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! PAAAAAIIIINNNN!!!!!! I broke my hand yesterday because of the hate comments I get on my amazing videos. I was so angry that I punched a hole in my computer. Please don't comment anything mean on my wonderful videos, dear kqe

[@miqslol]

@@AxxLAfriku I was gonna ask if you were ok but then I clicked on your channel, so nevermind

[@nistax2880]

Yes

[@matt309]

@@AxxLAfriku i love ur vids

[@hipolymerduck706]

You sure?

[@joem6600]

"In other news, a man dressed up as a pirate was found guilty of murder. Before killing the man, the man shouted, 'I haven't got my money's worth yet"

[@romania5106]

In other news man defends himself with flintlock pistol kills dog instead

[@beaverchicken]

@@romania5106 Man defends himself from burglar, ends up killing burglar, 16 neighbors, the mailman and him self in a single blast

[@romania5106]

@@beaverchicken after the break we will tell you about the man who didn’t get his cookies and ended up destroying the Russian mafia

[@theotherwayofstopping4717]

@@beaverchicken Sounds like the magic bullet that killed JFK........

[@tangerinetech5300]

@@theotherwayofstopping4717 that's been debunked for ages. For some reason they didn't take into account how the guy who got shot in front of Kennedy was in a seat designed wierdly and not directly in front of him and he was turned slightly to the right before it happened. When you take that all into account the the trajectory is straight and not magic. If anything was a cover up it was how poorly the whole thing was investigated and handled.

[@nickrustyson8124]

Robber: Falls into hole. Everyone: Bury him Qxir: "It's pirate time"

[@michaelrantala2127]

fill the hole with lawyers before you light it off.

[@johnladuke6475]

Qxir: It puts the lotion on its skin because we don't want to get dried out from the deadly slip'n'slide.

[@polonezchan9102]

Granaaaade...

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

Qxir: Finally getting my money's worth!

[@josharmstrong8813]

Qirx: *loads 17th century cannon and blunderbuss with pirates Intent*

[@stubstunner]

Watching this has made me rethink my home defense strategies. I took down my door gun and placed mines instead. Thanks for the heads up!

[@ryanchowdhary965]

Place the gun above the door ; )

[@dannylamb456]

Make sure to put a warning sign near the mines so you don't get sued if the mines don't kill them.

[@luissan5764]

I prefer underground spike traps. Can always fill it with cement afterwards, is quiet, and no one will be the wiser when the job is done.

[@reverenddick8562]

@@dannylamb456 or use bigger mines.

[@TheA53ford]

I just buried homemade claymores in my yard. They come near I just shoot one to blow it up, like how I make my own homemade shotgun slug/buckshot hybrid. Can punch a hole Through a car door

[@nicolasa.3192]

"I am admittedly one of these people." Honesty is a virtue.

[@alanhasmemes]

same lol

[@coolmovie2137]

He's an American at heart

[@yen9145]

Yo?

[@randommadness1021]

Especially when your mrs is asking what your watching on your laptop👍

[@nicolasa.3192]

@@yen9145 lmao

[@Phurzt]

Ok, but really, im infinitely more disturbed by Elmer Fudd running with a Scythe than I am his shotgun.

[@IIIVI]

It's funny because of how humane guns are compared to trying to stab and slash something with a scythe.

[@PatRiot-]

Now he’s Jack the Ripper. So much better for children.

[@hbtm2951]

@@PatRiot- Nothing like ripping and tearing apart your foes, am i right?

[@FumblsTheSniper]

Dude, you stole one of my profile pictures. Explain yourself.

[@Phurzt]

@@FumblsTheSniper im the OG with this pic. You stole it from me.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Fun fact: In my state, we can't own Mace. We can, however, own a mace.

[@johnhansen6009]

Fair

[@tiedyedowl8367]

John Barber Good to know. Thanks

[@rd1305]

To be fair pepper spray isn't always effective even with proper contact. A mace on the other hand would always be effective upon proper contact.

[@greenfly1264]

English Law Demands all men carry a Mace always has done .

[@Uncle-Cookoo]

Technically, you can still still mace an offender/assailant in the eyes.

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

The biggest reason traps are illegal are if for example paramedics have to come get you, they might encounter a trap

[@Gallalad1]

Yup! Its the indiscriminate nature of the weapon that makes it illegal more than anything else. I do think one day when someone makes some AI trap we're gonna see this sorta thing go back to court.

[@concept5631]

That's a good point.

[@olivercharles2930]

cringe

[@williammosley8026]

Thats bs

[@mikedawolf95]

Same reason why you can’t have cellphone signal jammers, you can’t call 911 if one is running

[@peterpeter2294]

When the Pirate-Homedefense bit started, i first thought it was this copypasta: Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.

[@dungc6479]

It was all good until you committed a felony by using that fixed bayonet. If you took it off before stabbing him with it, you would've still had your freedom. rip

[@justtime6736]

Private citizens owned warships and cannons then.

[@D8W2P4]

@@dungc6479 Good thing blackpowder weapons aren't regulated.

[@johnbeauvais3159]

THISISTHIS Yup, though this is kinda questionable after that man made a black powder powered panzerfaust

[@brianpinkey676]

@@D8W2P4 The powder is to fire them!!

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

I like the idea of a burglar using the phrase "thematically incongruent".

[@denisl2760]

Seems realistic. Its not like english majors have any actual jobs available. Gotta eat somehow.

[@halfling49]

He had it right with the flintlock pistol, but why a mace? Doesn't fit the aesthetic. If I was burglar I'd be somewhat miffed

[@soldatwalmart9515]

@@halfling49 just make your own comment wtf😂

[@sagebiddi]

I'd be so happy it isn't a moron with a cro-magnon sense of intellectual prowess or some maga asshat I'd let em go after making them a sandwich. I do NOT mean any disrespectful rhetoric towards republicans or trump voters. I mainly mean the ones who go a bit crazy and can't seem to admit he screwed up.

[@LeDank]

Yeah an Irish pirate with a mace would definitely not be something you’d want to run into when committing a burglary.

[@LTPottenger]

I'm sure there's a website where people go to see exactly that.

[@kari7403]

Actually, for me, where I to be a low life, self centered, greedy asshole, who robbed others of their hard earned possessions, I would MUCH prefer being killed in a B&E by a complex pirate themed burglar proof house with the Captain laughing maniacly while beating me with his mace. (I would feel bad if he didn't get his money's worth.) Than to die by, oh I don't know, some old man cornering me and my buddy and shooting us down, while we try to escape, and then lay there dying while he shoots a second time to make sure im dead. Then letting my rot for a day or so before reporting it to the cops. So yeah, I'll go with Death by inventive and creative psycho pirate, over, Disgruntled old retired Vet, who still has an urge to kill, remorseless. Sign me up for the Pirate House!!!

[@liamcorreia7929]

All I think when said that is just Qxir dresssed as a pirate with mace in hand listening to 'you are a pirate'

[@SonOfTegz]

Group of lads broke into a house my dad was restoring, they went to climb over the side gate but as it was old and damaged they cut themselves on a nail that had become exposed. The police came after a neighbour called saying people were breaking in, the kids got let off scot free and tried to charge my dad for a dangerous environment.

[@octoniumvideos]

Fuck that shit

[@cryptojare8295]

One of the officers had a son involved.

[@thesoundsmith]

THAT'S what the AR-15 is for. OR the machete. They have NO right to life. Part of the unspolen rules of the game. You steal from me and I CATCH you, your ass is MINE for as long as I let you live - or not. There USED to be laws, now all we have is "The Rules." And there ARE NO Rules...

[@pichass9337]

are you canadian?

[@ToasterStud]

I call bs on this.

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

"Imagine crossing a field one day on a hike and you step on a fucking landmine." *Yugoslavia noises intensify*

[@iseokk]

The average Bosnian and Croatian hiker can relate

[@nilihcrevo9820]

Same with countries in indo-china

[@filip-kresimirsaric8975]

Yuup, but instead of aimed audience of croats and serbs in hilltops in Lika, imigrants are now stepping on them

[@dmittleman9757]

I must say, “Pirate Themed Trap” was not the direction I thought Qxir would go in terms of home invasion-retaliation. I was half expecting him to be sitting with a pipe and say “I’ve been expecting you,”

[@cottonballs185]

*Dead men tell no tales*

[@nicolasa.3192]

He realized his accent is too thick for anyone other than an Irishman to take seriously so he ditched that idea in favour of something less... _sophisticated._

[@TheSyntactics]

In this house, you are the termite and I am the monky

[@adenkyramud5005]

@@TheSyntactics reject modernity, return to monke

[@darylcheshire1618]

Like James Bond in Dr No when the intruder shoots his bed and JB was sitting behind the door and he says “you’ve had your six”. In the movie Bond only shoots him once, but apparently he shoots him multiple times but the scenes were cut, you can see that the scene jumps a little.

[@classickalashnikov152]

In northern Ireland if you trespass on a farm you just become a missing person

[@TawnyRain2332]

Lmao

[@denisl2760]

In west virginia if you trespass in the woods you become a squeeling pig.

[@EL-ISS]

@@denisl2760 not sure if this is a Deliverance reference lol

[@denisl2760]

@@EL-ISS say boy, you got a purdy mouth

[@GaMeRfReAkLIVE]

You do that out here and you just become pig food

[@entropynme]

Actually in some parts of the US (read: California) you can be found just as liable for trespasser injuries. I worked on an almond orchard for several years and half my job was to tell trespassing hunters to fuck off so they couldn’t sue us when they shot themselves in the foot or inhaled pesticides

[@convolutedpeppercorn1078]

California amirite?

[@octoniumvideos]

That definitely sounds like some California shit

[@acapybara3032]

fuckin' california lmao

[@nk361]

California literally wants to legalize pedophilia, let criminals out of jail, take funding from police, legalize all drugs, tax all the rich, pretend everything on earth causes cancer, and become a communist state. Their opinions are invalid.

[@freewind6368]

The opposite also exists, apparently if I remember correctly some where in the US there is something called the “Castle” law(or something like that don’t remember the exact name since it’s been years since I thought about the case), where basically it states that your home is your “castle” and you have a right to protect it from any trespassers. Which has sparked many debates since shit loads of robber have been killed because of said law, one notably, one guy got done in by a single mother with a baby and she shot the motherfuker with a shot gun right when he broke through the door, and she was protected by the law.

[@VladimirDemetrovIlyushin]

What do you mean I can't booby-trap my own home? I thought this was America!

[@nickrustyson8124]

I mean you can, you just got to make sure no one will tell

[@CMT_Crabbles]

@@nickrustyson8124 yeaaaa, make sure they stay quiet.... permanently.

[@jamesneuman7083]

Dead men can't prosecute 😉

[@DasAutotheoriginal]

That’s Ireland

[@MisterPickle.]

I honestly think you can as long as you have a sign stating that there is traps. But im no lawyer. [I'm in the US]

[@petitponeydu7727]

in the french army our officiers have a saying in case someone trespass and enters the base "shoot to kill, cause corpses can't sue you"

[@HoganTon]

Lol french army

[@eddiespaghetti54321]

We have that same saying here in America. Except instead of the base it’s your home.

[@chibani-]

Or how to say "halt! Or i'll open fire" 3 times the fastest way.

[@petitponeydu7727]

@@chibani- exactly, i see someone has learned his lesson well

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

I've a feeling this specifically applies to Germans

[@stephenlawrence554]

Therapist: the Irish mace-wielding pirate isn’t real, he can’t hurt you Qxir:

[@zephyrna6249]

He hasn't gotten his money's worth yet.

[@Skorpychan]

In my experience (admittedly limited to Fallout games), guns wired to doors are merely a source of free guns. A nice bonus when you're looting the place.

[@Vandius24]

Tell that to the guy who got his legs shot. The difference with Fallout is you're expecting those traps, in real life traps like that are less than a 1 in 1 million (probably even higher). I get the number from how many houses you would have to search to see something like this irl but I have a feeling it's more like 1 in 50 million because who rigs shotguns to their door today?

[@couchmaster3773]

​@@Vandius24 Wait-wait-wait, you're sayin' Fallout *isn't* entirely accurate to real life?! My God, stop the presses!!

[@KowboyUSA]

Moral of the story: Always rig your spring-gun man-trap to discharge into the intruder's face.

[@llihpmeHnevetS]

But don’t forget to clean up the mess. For if another intruder finds it and calls the cops.

[@Misha-dr9rh]

@@llihpmeHnevetS Wack a suppressor on it as well so those blasted commies don't call the cops when they hear a gunshot.

[@onegrapefruitlover]

AND be there when the trap works. Otherwise it's not self defense and you're going to jail.

[@psyxypher3881]

@@onegrapefruitlover Invading someone's property (especially with clear signs saying to keep out) should be considered killing intent. Especially in the United States.

[@glitchy_weasel]

@@llihpmeHnevetS Put a trapdoor in front of the door, so after getting shot they fall to the basement or something lol.

[@freetimeidiot4541]

"Imagine crossing a field on a hike one day and you step on a fucking landmine" Well, (ex-)Yugoslavs, Africans and Middle-Easterners dont have to imagine that, sadly.

[@DNSGHOST]

*Christ really? That’s horrifying..

[@DeltaDanner]

Same in Vietnam. There’s a reason they are highly regulated in war now.

[@cplinstructor]

If you know there is a minefield and you are dumb enough to cross it anyway you deserve what you get. Darwin would smile. Same with cluster bombs and unexploded sub ordnance, if you are dumb enough to pick it up and attempt to eat it you have it coming. Another Darwin Award winner. It’s also not advisable to lick knocked out tanks or eat the dirt around them. If you do and ingest Uranium dust it’s on you. Honestly some of these people are the same ones who would check to see if a gun was loaded by aiming it at their face and pulling the trigger. If it’s a kid or someone who somehow doesn’t know I have sympathy, but war is hell. Watch your kids. An adult who knowingly walks in to the field to try to pick the boom boom fruit? No sympathy.

[@misham6547]

And some Eastern Europeans

[@brianpinkey676]

@@cplinstructor You do know that in these areas the mine fields weren't labeled as mine fields? They're buried underground with nothing but the trigger mechanism above ground which is usually about an inch tall and could easily be covered by grass or other debris.

[@Dondolini94]

So remember: leaving the thief alive is not a viable option. Get some pigs instead.

[@dannylamb456]

Better have pliers too, for teeth and such

[@George196207]

@@dannylamb456 Hydraulic press and a shredder with a nice fire or chemical bath to clean things up.

[@t_c5266]

@@dannylamb456 gotta look out for the piggy's digestion

[@30cal23]

eh too much work to take care of the pigs just whack off the head and hands and throw them in an industrial smelter then dispose of body, even if its found no one knows who it is

[@user.who137]

FBI reading the coments like: "noted"

[@CaptOrbit]

A number of years back down around I think Ft. Myers a man told his girlfriend that he was going to a certain neighborhood to case houses for later robbery. He was spotted in the neighborhood and the police were called so he fled into the kind of swampy pond filled area behind the neighborhood where the police heard a lot of commotion but couldn't determine what was going on. Later, when he didn't return home, his girlfriend called the police and admitted that he had gone to scout out potential burglary locations but had never come back. When the police got a hold of this information they put two and two together and realized what must have happened. When daylight broke they searched the area with wildlife trappers and found a particularly large alligator along with all the evidence they needed to determine what had happened to him. Florida, it's own anti burglary trap since time immemorial!

[@Melody_Raventress]

Lol, just don't Floridaman into your own toothy mantraps.

[@Iamhavingastromk]

Imagine setting it up and thinking “right, this is genius. Now ill just go and wait.” And then going to leave out of the same door and blowing a hole in your back

[@Simon-eu2hz]

Lol

[@YELLOW08Z06]

Exactly why I couldn’t do that or set out bear traps…. I have a terrible memory lol

[@dirtydingus5465]

Yuck Yuck! That’s so dang funny! How bout when you step in hot melted gum on the sidewalk and it sticks and stretches on your shoe. Then you try to wipe it off in the grass and fall down! Just imagine when that happens!

[@koalabanana1998]

@@dirtydingus5465 i honestly cant tell whether youre being sarcastic or genuinely excited

[@jmtradbr]

I bet this already happened somewhere

[@AWormsPurpose]

Irelands trespassing laws pissed Qxir off so much he made a sick ass Remix and dedicated 2:00 minutes at the start of the vid introducing and explaining his pirate sex dungeon

[@Serjo777]

Where did you get the "sex" part from? xD

[@AWormsPurpose]

@@Serjo777 A little thing about human nature is that the only way a person can spend that much time on something, is if it’s at least somewhat sexual. Watcha think he’s guarding so heavily? The traps are merely stage 1 of the dungeon, in order to test their might, their fortitude, their gumption. Afterwards is when he really lays into you. Call Zed up, see how far that mace can go. Or he simply builds a big hole and if you fall in, well you fall in.

[@852internationalconnect]

@@AWormsPurpose ay i spend 40 hours a week on work and i get no sexual kick out of it whatsover..your theory is lacking

[@MeddyMed117]

"Died of a self inflicted gunshot wound" Ad: *cheery music*

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

more like "Ad: * never seen *"

[@stereodegree2257]

Lmao same

[@No-xw7mo]

Kill assist +10 score.

[@wendyburrows4178]

Just desserts, the fukka

[@siggyretburns7523]

Something tells me Ed Briney learned how to play that game, and well too.

[@ComaDave]

I just have an exceedingly large sign on my gate that reads: "Is there life after death? Trespass here and find out"

[@phantomd1514]

This was in Iowa. In Ireland, they have a camera crew and a comically large check ready for any intruder. You’ve won 30,000€ and a brand newish car! Go ahead, start your *safe new car.*

[@popefish8522]

Car bomb moment

[@thecommunistdoggo1008]

1970s intensifies

[@Comblockcapitalist]

I hope they won't have any troubles

[@okietc1889]

I’m not getting in a “ safe “ car

[@wanderinghistorian]

Curious is the trapmaker's art - his efficacy unwitnessed by his own eyes.

[@sixstringedthing]

More curious still is the trapmaker's path to mastery - exceedingly narrow, poorly signposted and unforgiving of distraction.

[@MutantBoar]

Nice Darkest Dungeon refrence

[@msr_77]

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[@favor8264]

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[@hoked2194]

"Mind that such missteps are the exception, not the rule"

[@AliasUndercover]

If someone breaks into my house they're just going to be disappointed.

[@kos2919]

Remind me of a poor college student who was burgled in, the thugs look at his room and horrified how he sleeps on thin mattress on the floor, his desk is a wooden panel with bricks as table legs, and his laptop is a shitty old laptop with win xp. The thugs ended up donating him a TV, a table and a new mattress.

[@waysidetundra3352]

"What are you going to steal from me, my lightbulbs?"

[@jmtrad1906]

@@waysidetundra3352 I can confirm, in Brazil they steal even light bulbs.

[@kari7403]

*Edited to give a heads up!* This comment turned out to be about 10 times longer than I had intended. Sorry about that. So, if you are one of those people who don't like comments more than 3 or 4 sentences, at max, you can skip over this. I won't mind. If no one reads it, that's okay, too. It just gives suggestions and advice on how to help reduce the number of people from burglarized your car and vehicles, if not fully stop them from doing so. Also, I'm curious to see what anyone would have to say on this idea, and what they thing about it. Is it a terrible idea? Useless? Good? Does it have potential? Any other thoughts or suggestions on the matter? Thanks in advance. (If anyone does respond, let alone read all of it.) Lol, so OP's comment kind of reminded me of ways to keep people from breaking into your car. If you keep your car filthy; such as, full of old fast food bags, speeding tickets you've no intentions of paying, maybe some old divorce papers strewn in the back seat, a few pints of transmission fluid and motor oil, (preferably leaking slightly, or with some smudged all over the bottle.) And a few loose baby diapers (not dirty, as thats just not necessary. Too far, man.) Maybe some old changes of clothes or something, and whatever other crap (preferably non perishable, as you don't want to have to suffer the reek.) then any kind of car jacker, or their who is looking for anything of value, won't want to waste their time digging through all that, and will likely assume there isn't anything worth stealing! Strangely enough, police actually recommend you leave your windows down and/or your car doors unlocked, if you are in an area where car thefts and burglaries are a prominent issue. One reason, because the thrives won't have to break your window to search your car, (save you the cost and time of replacing the windows.) AND because a lot of thrives assume that if anything is worth stealing, it would be kept locked up and safe, as much as possible. So there is some logic to it, really. Oh! As for the garbage strewn about, you can just keep a bag of random loose papers and junk, then dump them in your back seat and passenger side floor and seat, then put them all back in the bag when you're ready to leave! Takes a minute or two to clean up, but its made a difference for me and a couple of my friends, at least. We live in a car burglary area, and my car was burgled 3 times in 2 months. (And an average of 3-5 times a year.) After that, I started doing these things, and my car hasn't been messed with once, in the past 3 years! Not really related to the video topic directly. But, I thought someone might take interest in it. Hopefully it can help someone else out there, who is subjected to regular car burglaries.

[@kari7403]

@@kos2919 ah, but did the guy end up being charged for receiving stolen goods from those thugs??? Maybe they robbed a different dorm of their mattress and stuff, and gave it to the guy. Lol Either way, if the story is legit or not, its a heart warming thought.:') And truthfully, there are some people out there like that. Just because they are criminals, doesn't mean they are heartless monsters, unable to feel empathy and compassion sometimes. (Well, some obviously are excluded. As a number of thieves and criminals are heartless, self centered, narcissistic D-bags.

[@myerr21]

unknowingly trespassing on someones land and breaking into their house and entering their bedroom is not even close to the same thing.

[@TheSimmr001]

If this building was visibly vandalised, with windows broken and stories of people "robbing" it, whose to say someone walks in thinking its an abandoned building.

[@inkedseahear]

@@TheSimmr001 I want to say a "No Trespassing" sign should be somewhat clear what might going on.

[@HUMC4L]

Yet neither one deserves a death sentence when literally no one was in danger. Objects aren't worth more than human life and I genuinely think you're a sick fuck if you think otherwise

[@RatKingTerry]

@@TheSimmr001 “abandoned” buildings have owners. Like it or not you are not the owner🤷‍♂️

[@TheSimmr001]

@@RatKingTerry true but owner like in this situation, or owner like a hedge fund half way accross using the land for real estate speculation. Or the owner could not reasonably be found because they emigrated. Al three are very different definitions of abandoned

[@randyb3851]

“How are you going to hunt that deer Elmer?” “I’m going to somehow sneak up on it and chase it down without it smelling or hearing me or jumping down the mountain in half a second and then proceed to hack it to death with a scythe” “Makes sense, as long as you’re not using a scary rifle”

[@jaymesnin]

Better take nerf guns and squirt guns away too. God this generation and society today SUCKS

[@itsmxtwist]

I’m not going to come back here but I’m just gonna say this. Many people who want gun control don’t necessarily want all guns gone but rather better safety laws and education especially for people who should be supervised while having a firearm, like kids and teens, and those who should not own them due to things like mental instability. I don’t mind people owning a rifle or two for hunting or perhaps a small handgun. Many school shootings happen because a kid is allowed access to their parent’s firearms and either haven’t been properly trained with it or they go about to actually cause harm. Also many people see a gun as a way of defense but either the proper safety measures needed would be too much of a hassle or others could get caught in the crossfire

[@nobodynoone2500]

@@itsmxtwist Thats not what is, or has been, enacted under the banner of gun control however. Most gun enthusiasts are personally for a few more sensible laws, but are, as a blanket policy, against any because they are constantly gotten wrong. And you can hardly blame them. Until both sides earn each others trust, no sensible progress will be made.

[@Geobeetle]

They really should’ve given him a bow or crossbow instead. Makes much more sense than a scythe

[@natebox4550]

@Lex Bright Raven most gun enthusiasts including many KZbinrs think the nra is dumb, they never use the money for anything actually useful.

[@jblockman_59nunyabidnis68]

I remember reading a Reddit post about someone who had rigged a bear trap inside their own home due to repeated break-ins through a specific window, as it turned out the burglar had been essentially hauling himself head first through the window so when he landed on the bear trap it crushed his head and killed him.

[@theperson6167]

Ha

[@fullmetaljoker666]

Based

[@kirkjohnson6638]

That is awesome!

[@GasPipeJimmy]

Problem solved

[@stormflyer6574]

It was a vacation cabin in the woods, he got away with it because there were bears and shit so he had a excuse

[@cadenwilkerson369]

Fallout fans: “Years of academy training wasted!”

[@snakezase2998]

Shotgun traps are the worst traps in fallout

[@JJ-su7re]

@@snakezase2998 Sneak perk ftw

[@michaelcolt4196]

@@snakezase2998 mines are worse tho

[@snakezase2998]

@@michaelcolt4196 no because mines can kill you shotgun traps are just Annoying

[@tinman362]

As someone who almost always does stealth characters: "Oh! Free shotgun!"

[@infamoushacker4chan883]

This entire situation could have been avoided by loading the shotgun with blanks. Nobody is going to question whether or not it's blanks or live rounds when they hear a bang.

[@SimonASNG]

You don't even need to fire. Just the sound of someone cocking a shotgun in a creepy old house should be enough to send anyone running right out of a life of bottle theft. Just need something that generates that sound...

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

@simon that's too much work to rig. Blanks is better

[@mikeksp9177]

5:20 Mate, in Serbia defending your house with a shoulder launched disposable anti tank missile launcher is reasonable, if your dog chews the guy who check the water meter after he came in unannounced and you had a sign, you even get to keep your dog.

[@darrenmcdonald5373]

I'm trying to get him to do a story on Arkan. Same with count dankula he has a series called absolute mad lads and i have been trying to get him to do an episode for months

[@vinculaomega5283]

The Wild West never left. It just went further west!

[@riograndedosulball248]

Meanwhile in Brazil i cannot *bonk* an intruder without getting sued by him for aggression. However, dead men tell no tales...

[@xXx_Oshino_xXx]

@@riograndedosulball248 in an attempt to reduce violence they've increased it. Incredible.

[@Gebruikersstation]

F... off to Serbia then. Been there, lovely place

[@kcidical8209]

“Psychopaths” I feel called out, I’m wearing a flak jacket and a helmet right now.

[@AWISECROW]

Do you have a double chin though?

[@Gasmaskmax]

seething boog larp

[@megapet777]

I think you misunderstood. Being called psychopath is the biggest compliment you could receive.

[@zephyrna6249]

Im wearing PJs

[@kcidical8209]

@@AWISECROW yes i do.

[@JayBandersnatch]

I was told by a Chinese roommate once that they have a saying there in relation to running over someone with your car which translates to "Back-and-forth". This stems from the fact if you run over someone and they live you are responsible for their medical bills which could be quite costly, yet if they die then there is a maximum amount that their family may sue for which could be less than the medical bills. Therefore if you ever run over someone then you would put it in reverse to ensure a lesser payment!

[@skussy69]

Correct, I've seen a video of that in action lol

[@greaniebeaniez3070]

This reminds me of the shotgun mousetrap both are very uh effective

[@djsalad5752]

From the makers of the snail trebuchet and the cockroach claymore

[@ModMax69]

Just a trap for a big mouse!!

[@DiabeticDingus]

@@djsalad5752i get the reference

[@AlmostAzun]

when you hear a gunshot in the night, you can rest easy one way or another knowing that there’s 1 less pest to deal in the morning

[@SyrupCraft6]

I thought it was the revolver mouse trap?

[@LuisContreras-fr6mf]

Sam'ONella is gone, but we still have this youtuber.

[@stevenamato505]

Hes doing school stuff hell be back soon

[@bullythebooks]

@@stevenamato505 Thank you sir. Had no idea what was happening

[@slysampss]

I forgot about that name. He was good. What happened yo him?

[@ModMax69]

@@stevenamato505 ya! Thanks for update

[@stevenamato505]

@@ShemPayne naw he didn’t have time for videos at the moment but he still posts on his Twitter. He said he’s caught up with school right now.

[@kirbygrandma5004]

I was like “Damn Qxir really do be calling me out here” and then he said “Admittedly I’m one of those people” 🤣

[@bcampbell12095]

I was hoping I wasnt alone

[@Idkoscar1]

This reminds me of a Finnish case with involves some summer/winter cabin that was broken into. The owner got pissed so he put an absurd amount of beartraps inside of his home. A couple of weeks later he returned, showed to see that the burger had climbed through the window face first, and gotten his head crushed in one of the beartraps.

[@ctr289]

He deserved it. Thieves are scum

[@javimiami92]

Metal as fuck.

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

The burger? What was an american doing in finland!?

[@quasario]

​@@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge doing some burglary and getting his head crushed by a bear trap

[@juggalosispatientzero]

The Hamburgler

[@adamlentz6708]

Ah yes, as a wise man once said, "Dead men can't tell tales."

[@karlandjeff]

Dead men tell no tales*

[@olliegoria]

Imagine the last words you hear before being murdered are “Storytime’s over”

[@adamlentz6708]

@@karlandjeff you right, i goobed it

[@lancesecrest7577]

My friend Cathy shot a man through her front door after said dead man cut her phone line and power. Kilt him and she was totally exonerated. Of course. She lived in the country, also. Alone.

[@scritoph3368]

Quite different to booby trapping a vacant house. Cutting phone lines and power is something a serial killer would do so of course that is a possible threat to your life that justifies deadly force. Or a very unlucky electrician lol.

[@nobodynoone2500]

You can't exactly call for help when that happens, thats why gun ownership is so important. Hope your friend is doing okay.

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

Your friend Cathy is a boss. Hope she's okay, glad she popped that sick fuck.

[@ddegn]

There's no way a dead man cut her phone line and power. Cathy belongs in jail for mutilating a corpse and then putting a kilt on the mutilated body.

[@tomothybahamothy]

@@ddegn 😂

[@carlosmorbini745]

Hey man, I'm studying law in Brazil, and made a paper about "self defense", which is called here "legitimate defense", and wrote a topic about this subject. According to brazilian law, you are in your perfect right to use any kind of "ofendículos", (any kind of "trap"(for lack of better word)) whose whole effectiveness derives form it being visible, and that everyone can promptly realize it's perilous nature. i.e. barbed wire, blades on top of fences, etc. But, there are what is called "mecanismos de defesa mecânica preordenada", or preemptive defense devices, in a free translation, whose effectiveness derives from them being occult up to their activation (i.e., shotgun on door, mines, etc.). Those are extremely illegal, although their usage MAY, and that's a big may, be justified. Mainly, if it was actually used to defend someone's LIFE, not their stuff.

[@EuclidesGBM]

Except the part were using an electric fence that is actually deadly is illegal ;) Brazilian law is a shithole made to protect bandits, politicians and their kin

[@banana-uo3be]

@@EuclidesGBM I'm pretty sure that's illegal in other countries too lol. Imagine if someone accidentally touched it and died.

[@EuclidesGBM]

@@banana-uo3be who would accidentally touch an electric fence on top of a large wall

[@revenevan11]

Thanks for sharing this fascinating peek into your country's laws! I appreciate the distinction between obvious deterrent traps vs hidden and lethal ones, and those only being legal if used in direct self defence, I think it's really interesting how different legal systems draw these lines.

[@anthonyhayes1267]

Suppose you liberally posted warning signs of the type of booby trap. Would this be legal then?

[@tripleh327]

once upon a time my granpa told me a golden rule the law clearly state that you have to shoot a warning shoot to the intruder before using letal force but keep in mind, demonstrating that the first bullet you shot was in his skull and the second on the floor and not the other way around is an entire different thing

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Imagine someone breaking into your house and you have to pay them for breaking in

[@Clavey]

That’s why you make sure they’re killed

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

You can't booby trap your house. Didn't u pay attention to the vid

[@Clavey]

Robert Witt I never said anything about booby trapping my house. All I l said was “a dead intruder can’t press charges”

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

@@Clavey that's how u have to pay, when you booby trap. Other than that, they break in and you defend, you should be good.

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

On the other hand, I'll be honest, and you never know if its true. But a would be burglar fell thru a skylight in someone's house and broke his leg or something and apparently sued. And apparently won. Idk how much.

[@billsmith5166]

In the US there are laws that make a property owner liable for trespassers injuries too. Cool.

[@mudkipmania5239]

same here in the UK its crazy

[@Cpt_Boony_Hat]

This case angers me and I know we are one of the more pro defense of property nations

[@citymorgue8462]

Dont have to pay for injuries if they belong to a corpse.......unless you have to, then that's gay

[@Cpt_Boony_Hat]

@@citymorgue8462 Dead men tell no tales

[@citymorgue8462]

@@Cpt_Boony_Hat But their families do............unless😈

[@solidacid1337]

FUCK YEAH! new content from my absolute favorite KZbinr!

[@ModMax69]

He da best!

[@solidacid1337]

@@ModMax69 He really is! I forkin' love his content. It's persistently amazing.

[@ModMax69]

@@solidacid1337 I actively share his content with 100% positive response

[@binaryglitch64]

I learned that on the lock picking lawyer's channel when he did a vid on a vomit gas filled U-lock that when cut released a noxious gas. He said it wouldn't be legal in the US and sited this case as the reason. Also, I vaguely remember legal eagle covering it as well, in one of his videos.

[@imlivinginsideyourwalls1891]

“I am admittedly one of these people” I feel that

[@Louzahsol]

@Johnny Sinns lol you can’t own guns in ausfailia

[@Hannibalkakihara]

Same

[@LiteralCrimeRave]

@Johnny Sinns Semi autos were banned, not full autos. Although those were already illegal.

[@Louzahsol]

@Johnny Sinns bruh you can’t even own slings/slingshots with arm braces. Let’s not even get into how your country regulates how powerful an air gun can be

[@Louzahsol]

@Johnny Sinns lol dude, I’m fully aware you can own guns in australia. I just think the arbitrary hoops you have to jump through are funny

[@FlaccidFella]

"the only thing I would have done different was aim the gun a little higher" I have never heard a better "only thing I would have done different" 😂 man was a true savage

[@Mic_Glow]

The burglar wouldn't be suing if he didn't survive. And it would be a missing person case (if any) since he probably didn't tell anyone where he's going.

[@Tafah_0]

@@Mic_Glow According to a different video on this subject he had a partner in crime, which is how he didn't die crawling through a field in search of medical attention.

[@frank-2martialoffrankoslav151]

@Lex Bright Raven It Still Is Private Property. Unless the City has Rules Against Neglected, Vacant Homes.

[@wasd____]

Ahh, yes, the brilliant strategy of upgrading your civil suit to a criminal manslaughter / murder charge. Always a win.

[@FlaccidFella]

@@wasd____ maybe dude shouldn't have been poking around on someone else's property

[@robertstone9988]

There's a case in Indiana where some kids broke into someone's house while they were at work they broke into the garage and raided the liquor got drunk and drowned in their pool. The family who owned the house were sued for millions of dollars for not maintaining a reasonably safe property.

[@N.O.Y.B_ok]

Logic. Exe not found

[@elliotville7820]

Wtf. Those kids are at fault. They're the ones stupid enough to break into someone's property. The owners didn't exactly expect those little shitwits to pay their house a visit

[@thatoneguy9666]

How did we become so fucked up as a species

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4399]

​@@thatoneguy9666don't blame all of us, American's are a different species

[@thatoneguy9666]

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4399 nope, we’re all the same species. Good job on the discrimination though

[@benjaminstevens4468]

I guarantee pirates have used maces countless times, throughout the millennia. On another note, it’s absolutely disgusting that they have edited firearms out of loony tunes, anyone party to that decision should feel bottomless shame at such desecrations.

[@hoyquarlow6908]

I'm fairly certain that watching a fictional animated 3 foot tall man fail to kill a 6 foot tall bipedal rabbit with a shotgun hasn't motivated someone to actually commit homicide.

[@benjaminstevens4468]

@@hoyquarlow6908 I’m sure you’re right but maybe someone failing to do so with ???? Might do so?

[@PrestonGarvey69]

@@benjaminstevens4468 If all it took was that to trigger it.. Then anything under the sun could trigger it.

[@benjaminstevens4468]

@@PrestonGarvey69 what is the “that,” which triggered “it?”

[@PrestonGarvey69]

@@benjaminstevens4468 what we're talking about? A fictional 3 foot tall man failing to kill a 6 foot tall rabbit with a shotgun. So if an idiot could be triggered by such a thing than it could be anything. Do I need to get a whiteboard out and draw it all out for you?

[@LUNE.44]

Where would the events in the first Home Alone movie stand in terms of legality?

[@isaacdalton6126]

Check out the channel Legal Eagle, they have a video going over it

[@kos2919]

Well she can act like children making toys out of other toys and household items. On the second movie Kevin can get away for free because it's not his home and there's no witness except for the burglars, that again, no one will believe were outsmarted by a kid

[@FriedrichHerschel]

Well, as there is a kid present and it's not an empty home, US courts might decide it was justified. Especially later when the goal wasn't any longer stealing stuff, but killing the brat.

[@rhdevelops6023]

@@FriedrichHerschel Would the parents be arrested for neglect tho?

[@kannonball5789]

@@rhdevelops6023 well yes, but Kevin would not be in danger of arrest

[@waysidetundra3352]

Claymore roomba when you leave the house unintended

[@SoLDMG]

Claymore roomba, AIDS syringe roomba, human creativity never ceases to amaze me

[@johnladuke6475]

Sometimes I leave my house unattended but I try to avoid leaving in an unintended way. Sounds like a kidnapping, in which case it's already too late to arm the roomba.

[@dungc6479]

The model I have is a bit expensive but the RPG-7 roomba really gets the job done

[@waysidetundra3352]

@@dungc6479 bear trap roomba

[@batstoast3560]

What about the mini nuke roomba?

[@MegaLuros]

Curious is the trapmaker's art - his efficacy unwitnessed by his own eyes.

[@stevenfarrugia7434]

Lol I was just playing darkest dungeon

[@TwixtheFox]

Glittering gold, trinkets and baubles, paid for in blood...

[@dirtydan9785]

Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer...

[@blackguard5883]

_Most will end up here, buried in the poisoned earth, awaiting merciful oblivion._

[@joshzwies3601]

Reminds me of a story I heard of an Australian dad who got charged with murder for defending his family when he caught an intruder standing at the door of his daughters bedroom.

[@ToxicBastard]

He deserved a medal

[@ThatScootFanboy]

I'm an Australian and I can tell you his name was Benjamin Batterham. As of 2018, after more than 33,000 people signed a petition, Benjamin was found not guilty of murdering Rick Slater, a convicted felon with multiple breaking and entering charges. Good to know there's still sense in this dangerous old nation of mine.

[@Solo_man69]

He should have made sure the family couldn’t sue as well. (Jkjk)

[@John.McMillan]

Dont break into my house and you wont be trapped in my.... Consent dungeon. Simple as that, Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

[@Person01234]

Wonder if you'd take the same stance if it was a police officer doing a welfare check that got blasted. Or would it then be a bad idea that shouldn't be allowed?

[@John.McMillan]

@@Person01234 So cops break into houses for wellness checks? Especially when in a case like this? And yes, If a cop broke into my home I would defend myself after making myself known, If he reaches for his sidearm or if he has it out and turns towards me then I have reason enough to think my life is in danger.

[@lyq232]

@@Person01234 whoops, one officer dead, gotta find a replacement!

[@ergwertgesrthehwehwejwe]

@@Person01234 no you wouldnt lol.

[@30cal23]

@@Person01234 yes same stance, cops arent fucking superheros if anything they are the fucking gestapo, nowadays no cops are trustworthy, especially considering whos hiring new cops and screening them politically, there is no difference between a modern cop and a SS trooper if he wants to play whos got a bigger dick, rip his off and shove it up his ass.

[@dnfl-7168]

“gUnS aRe ScArY!” -People writing laws or some shit

[@flanneldaddyttv7279]

@safari mang using tax payers money for personal protection*

[@nickrustyson8124]

That's not too far off from the true given that is literally the reason for the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban in America

[@Tyuhvrrygvxr344]

@@nickrustyson8124 a law based around the aesthetics of firearms rather than their actual function. Absolute horse shit

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@Tyuhvrrygvxr344 No that literally what happened in the 1994 Banned, they banned stuff like Flash Hiders, Pistol Grips, and Heat Shields

[@allstarstraw801]

Yes, things meant to kill are generally not seen as safe, you figured it out, what a genius.

[@explosivefreak666]

An old mate of mine who's a cop once told me : "IF you attack an intruder, make sure hé can NOT testify anymore."... Words to live by...

[@maxputhoff1436]

Wow, a cop that's a violent psychopath? I can't believe it!

[@explosivefreak666]

@@maxputhoff1436 Agree 100% mate.!

[@Gamer1what]

@@maxputhoff1436, yeah! The lives of people willing to put others in danger to satisfy their own greed are really important!

[@maxputhoff1436]

@@Gamer1what Yes, human lives are important. Only a conservative would be evil and insane enough to disagree.

[@GregLemons]

@@Gamer1what Poor person trying to steal a television, absolutely TERRIFYING! While he's at it he might rape your wife and tie her on the local train tracks running away from the town sheriff! Oh wait no. That's **FICTION**

[@vorynrosethorn903]

I remember a case here in the UK. Several criminals staged a home invasion and held a family and some of their relatives at knifepoint, the homeowners complied as they ransacked the house until the men decided to try and r*pe their young teenaged daughter, the criminals were soon overpowered and attempted to flee but one was slow and got caught in the garden whereupon he got knocked around with a cricket bat. He sustained brain damage and as such faced no punishment, several of the male family members present got prison sentences (and pretty ungenerous ones by the standards of the British justice system) and the known criminal is still a sack of sh*t to this day, regularly committing crimes with impunity as the police claim he is mentally incapable and thus isn't culpable for his actions, no matter what those are or how frequently they occur.

[@sophierobinson2738]

I thought they “sectioned” people like him. Or did they close locked asylums there, too?

[@ToxicBastard]

UK law is meme law and should be ignored

[@ntfoperative9432]

I'm sorry what the fuck?! They sided with the robing rapists, over the people literally being held hostage?!

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

UK laws are absolute garbage.

[@rattyratstuff7125]

the uk has been a failed state for 300 years. we really need to stop funding its existence.

[@electrogestapo]

That Irish pirate accent was spot on. You should talk like that all the time, preferably outside Ireland, because in there you're like, normal and shit.

[@Stage4000]

"He was collecting cans and bottles from the place. Guess he thought they were interesting." Iowa is a state with a 5 cent bottle and can recycling bounty.

[@JasontheFolf]

Someone: *Breaks into my house* Me with a Tommy Gun: "This is my Chicago Typewriter see."

[@happyjohn354]

@Lex Shelton05 My friend has one made by Auto Ordinance... You can even get them gold plated... shopkahrfirearmsgroup.com/auto-ordnance/long-guns/tommy-gun/

[@4chan98]

@@happyjohn354 *n o i c e*

[@Umimugo]

the only issue i have with traps is what if you needed emergency services, i don't imagine it looking good in court when firefighters/emt's/law enforcement shows up to save you or someone else and they get rewarded with a shotgun blast for their efforts.

[@kirkjohnson6638]

What are the odds that emergency services shows up and you didn't disarm the traps in anticipation of their arrival? Sure, it's possible, but highly unlikely and, if you are smart enough to rig traps, you ought to be smart enough to design safety systems into them.

[@MichaelTranoid]

@@kirkjohnson6638 Yes. "I attached a string between the doorknob and the trigger of this propped up shotgun. This makes me Einstein!" This takes the same amount of thought as slamming the door to remove a loose tooth. Unless you are manufacturing the weapon yourself or have set up some complicated rubegoldberg machine trap, then it shows no signs regarding someone's cognitive efficiency. In fact, it shows the opposite for someone to set this up.

[@kirkjohnson6638]

@@MichaelTranoid Robbers deserve death.

[@nashooo5903]

@@kirkjohnson6638 I like to put a deadfall trap with a Rolex as bait. Im soooo smart.

[@kirkjohnson6638]

@@nashooo5903 I've got a couple androids, one that looks like a blue haired feminist and one is a dude with a man bun and sporting a BLM tee shirt. If anyone that breaks into my home interacts with either of them that triggers the release of carbon monoxide gas into the house until no more heartbeats are detected. Then the androids turn on the vent system and toss the dead bodies into the incinerator.

[@LolganSaucey]

So kEviN wAs iN tHe WrOnG tHaT CrIsTmAs????? Had to change my comment up a bit bc *ITS A JOKE YALL GETTIN SERIOUS AND BUMMING ME OUT*

[@homersexual9216]

Apparently...... CANCEL KEVIN MCALLISTER

[@onegrapefruitlover]

No because Kevin was present at the moment of the break-in. If the old couple were there when the trap worked, they could have claimed it was in self defense. But they weren't there so that's not considered self-defense.

[@d.c.8828]

Children don't have property rights, but the parents certainly would have lost custody in the real world and possibly sentenced to prison for criminal negligence and child endangerment.

[@ClassicGuy2004]

Qixr: makes video about shotgun trap. Fallout Players: Interesting.

[@n-signia1087]

Here in Maryland, we like to tell the story of a college student at UMD living in an off-campus apartment who mutilated an intruder with a fucking katana. The state ruled in the intruder’s favor. Stupid state, ruining everything.

[@ergwertgesrthehwehwejwe]

Can't brutally torture trespassers with katanas, literally 1984

[@Stix_n_Stones418]

I mean if you are intentionally attempting to intrude into someone’s home with ambiguous intent to either do them harm or rob them while they are there you are sending a message that you are completely willing to face any consequences that may come to you in this action which you premeditated. So whether or not you want to die doesn’t really matter Bc your actions have already consented to your death.

[@hermantheduckgb]

Weeellll there is a super good way to not get the bad end of someone's katana. . . . Don't break into their homes. It is actually super easy to not break into someone's home.

[@justsayin7704]

You need to move. All the smart people should leave the state, let the criminals move in, then build containment with their politicians inside to show how those laws work for them.

[@justsayin7704]

@@Stix_n_Stones418 Not in the real world.

[@jacobp.2024]

At the end of the day, you and your family are the only ones with any true, reliable interest in your safety. Too many stories where authorities fail to help, are too slow, or are themselves the danger. Self-defense is your first, and often last line of defense. A lot can happen in the three minutes it takes for an officer to respond- if you can even sound the alarm.

[@Nami8302_OwO]

Three minutes 😂 you're fucking delusional if you believe they only take three minutes

[@HardSmartfuxu]

In Germany it's the other way round. Lawschool teaches the 'hells angels case', where (you guessed it) a member of the hells angels shot a policeman through the door while they were trying to get into his house to arrest him for the weapon he owned (but he had a license for it). He did so because he was thinking the policemen were bandidos as he expected revenge from them. The officer died later in hospital and the shooter got an acquittal since he was in an ETBI situation. ETBI is short for Erlaubnistatbestandsirrtum, which basically means circumstances in which the defendant falsely thinks of a situation where his actions would be covered by self defense. Which was the case here. Eventually the High Court blamed the police for not revealing themselves while trying to arrest the guy.

[@asmallphd9648]

Makes sense

[@6Six6Six6Bruh]

THATS A FUCKING LIBERTARIAN DREAM WE NEED THIS

[@slawekk3163]

"ETBI is short for..." then my brain got so fucking confused. Damn Germans lol

[@kannonball5789]

@@slawekk3163 German loves compound words. It gets ridiculous as demonstrated.

[@kannonball5789]

This case demonstrates why no-knock warrants are dumb. It unnecessarily puts officers and suspects in danger by creating a situation where the suspect would reasonably believe they are under home invasion.

[@YourTypicalMental]

A lot of love went into making that intro.

[@jacob_90s]

The ones that always make my blood boil are when a person is defending themself (and not just placing traps) and they have the chance to kill their attacker, but instead just choose to wound them, at least at first, to make them stop.... and they end up being sued. I'm aware that the law in some jurisdictions leans towards the "if you're not willing to kill your attacker then clearly the situation isn't dangerous enough to justify deadly force", but the average person isn't a killer, nor do they want to be, nor really does society at large want them to be.

[@kos2919]

Yep, it's always funny how movies portray people to kill easily but in reality civilian prefer not to but still want to defend themselves.

[@Isaac-ho8gh]

Anti-gun logic for you lol

[@antipoti]

4:16 this section is the funniest shit ever. The sudden thematic contrast, the self awareness, the dropping the f word (which is not characterisric of the channel), is just the perfect mix to make me laugh like a maniac. Very well done sir!

[@VV0l_F]

The good ol' "You value your property more than someone's life?!" No, they value MY property over THEIR life.

[@30cal23]

i always say yes because human life if numerous and belligerent even at the best of times, they always back away from me slowly XD

[@Cheezus]

I seriously hope none of you have guns holy fuck.

[@ashtongreen6270]

@@Cheezus I seriously hope you have the balls to defend your home if need be.

[@hermantheduckgb]

@@Cheezus why? You planning on breaking into their homes?

[@Mick-oi3wy]

@@Cheezus Why? For all you know they could be there to kill you rather than shake you for your shit.

[@krazeemunkee80]

I half expected qxir to respond while being burgled with "What the devil?" *loads musket and grabs powdered wig*

[@alanwatts8239]

Plays Fallout -Aigh lemme make a rigged shotgun real quick

[@riperonirigatoni2394]

no [Disarm Rigged shotgun?] [Yes] 20 gauge shotgun shell +25 EXP

[@spliffyrodgers4266]

1:57 we've had to let about 3 burglers go because my dad "assulted" them they were all separate occasions and twice it was the same guy a local crackhead known for sticking people with a used needle with his blood on it (he has hiv) but it doesn't matter that every cop knows who he is and what he does because he grasses on dealers and gets let off each time first time he robbed us my dad battered him when he was trying to get into my room he got away and called the police on my dad who was charged with gbh assault and affray for battering a well known crackhed trying to get into my room police are usless and you should never call them in a robbery your better off sorting it out yourself If you call they do fuck all or arrest someone whos done nothing wrong

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

Cool story bro

[@billdoster9415]

"....and somehow...ignored the no trespassing signs.." Partitioners of the Dark Arts I tell ya, every single one!

[@arguekayes]

7:04 Ed knew he shouldnt have listened to his wife

[@skeptic5707]

If someone uses the words thematically incongruent in any conversation with me I’m just walking away because I’m clearly already dead

[@uchihasurvival]

In Canada, you aren't even allowed to defend yourself. One man in the country side shot his gun in the air to scare off intruders who tried to burn his house with molotov cocktails. The court decided to punish the man more severely than the intruders.

[@ketch10]

can i use the heavy steel ice breaker head in my room tho

[@kryonight2869]

Actually he was acquitted

[@MrThickDick]

Yeah no I'm sure you covered all the details here...

[@websciencenl7994]

Didn't they try the defense: "we didn't put it there"? I mean, since the house was abandoned, a psychopath with a fetish for setting up traps in other peoples homes, could, in theory, have done it.

[@jacewhite8540]

Guns are registered to there owner, so that would not work.

[@walker3060]

@@jacewhite8540 there weren't registries back then

[@dant.3505]

If they knew then how it probably would go then maybe so. Use a gun that is hot or otherwise not registered/tracible to them and swear "don't know anything about it" - "yeah inspected the property last week but don't remember seeing anything but missing bottles and graffiti/vandalism...DAMN KIDS"

[@moistplum3317]

the robber on the floor wounded asking if im going to call the police me: Well the police don’t know your here

[@jfangm]

This reminds me of the ending to Clue. "Why would the police be coming?"

[@commisaryarreck3974]

Well you see, if the cops get here while you're alive you might be able to sue me afterwards Should've thought better then to invade a home subhuman scumbag

[@cam_121]

When I was taking a criminal law module in my law degree in South Africa there was a case where a shop owner was the subject of repeated break-ins and after he repeatedly asked the police for help to no avail he rigged up a shotgun to go off when the door was opened and someone lost his legs when they tried to break In. He got off free from any charges because he was doing it as a last resort and had tried to get help from the police before rigging up a shot gun.

[@crinkly.love-stick]

We have the same laws in Canada, regarding trespassers getting hurt on your property. Those laws have made trespassing so much more rampant, it's sad. The only remedy (besides a no trespassing sign every 16 feet) is to make sure you dig random holes, deep and steep. Make sure they're stuck down there

[@nathanbond8165]

It's interesting because a couple years ago in Montana this exact sort of event happen there is a homeowner who had his garage repeatedly broken into by a local neighborhood punk teenager who would break into the guy's garage and steal beer and and liquor from the guy's garage refrigerator well the frustrated homeowner got tired of having his beer stolen Eddie pretty much knew who was doing it so he rigged a shotgun to the refrigerator door so that if you when you open the door it would blast whoever attempted to open the refrigerator door and then he purposefully left the garage door slightly cracked open and unlocked so as to entice and make it easier for the teenager to break into his garage well you guessed it the team came back broke into the garage and was killed on the spot and now that homeowner is spending life in prison for first-degree murder because not only what is the state able to prove that he had rigged a illegal booby trap which is illegal and resulted in the death of the teenager but they also ruled that it was first-degree murder because he premeditated The Killing and he made it easier in other words he enticed the teenager to break into his home essentially making it an assassination you can Google the story was very interesting but he spending life in prison without parole for the crime

[@milliondollarmistake]

Yeah he deserves the prison sentence. Stolen alcohol isn't worth murder.

[@groundedgaming]

Should have just poisoned the alcohol "I left it for the rats that were opening my fridge taking my beer" seems a good reason to me.

[@squaddegenerate5000]

@@groundedgaming alcohol isn’t worth murdering teens

[@adog3129]

it's interesting that there's not a single comma or period in this comment

[@kirkjohnson6638]

He never should have even been arrested. Thieves deserve to be sent along to their judgement day.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

You broke into someone's house, and got shot. And then you sued the homeowner. ... And then you sued the homeown- is this fucking real? Why is this a surprise?

[@derpadap7011]

You can't exactly trap your house with deadly ornaments as the guy in the video stated as traps are indiscriminate. There have also been cases where a dude is just on a motor bike just taking a shortcut on a trail and unwittingly goes on private property next thing you know he gets clotheslined by piano wire that the owner set up to kill people like him trespassing. Search up "speaking with a dead mans voice" on KZbin its an interesting story.

[@derpadap7011]

It was actually a logging trail but point is traps are pretty illegal for a reason

[@deisi1569]

@@derpadap7011 yeah lets take a shortcut INSIDE SOMEONE ELSES HOUSE

[@ZenizhivGreen]

@@deisi1569 the house have no occupant, and the problem with traps, children who plays in abandoned houses can easily sprung the trap killing them.

[@O___P]

@@ZenizhivGreen How about teaching children not to trespass on random people's property for fun? It's not hard to see where a house begins and ends, unlike with fields or paths.

[@Nova-ix9fy]

Texas: gentlemen, let me introduce myself

[@d.c.8828]

Am Texan, can confirm.

[@flanneldaddyttv7279]

@@d.c.8828 I am also a Texan with 30 rounds of 77g hollowpoints loaded in an Ar-15 right above my AKM, can confirm

[@yosemitesam3003]

@@flanneldaddyttv7279 sucks u lost those in that boating accident

[@flanneldaddyttv7279]

@@yosemitesam3003 I’m pretty sure the rock it hit when it sunk into the water drilled a 3rd hole into it too..

[@mewsterx3679]

Hell yeah! Im armed to the teeth as well lol. Will feel bad for any dumb fuck breaking into my home

[@MADiamond2191]

0:57 Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.

[@yoboikamil525]

7:57 the last thing a burglar in Ireland sees

[@sboloshis1188]

If they would have aimed for the head they wouldn’t have been sued. Note: if you shoot a guy or girl on your property make sure they are dead for exactly that reason.

[@GaMeRfReAkLIVE]

Dead cant complain

[@desuretard8654]

That's a good idea for working at a convenient store.

[@sboloshis1188]

The truth is I would hate to kill someone and would likely HELP them only to have this happen. Still to any robbers out there , most people will kill you for breaking in.

[@a-drewg1716]

Also make sure the body falls into your property

[@LumenArty]

That remix at the end is by far the best thing this year will ever have.

[@scrambles7045]

Dude straight up made a real life rust trap base.

[@charlesw.4576]

Those who haven't experienced intense violence often fantasize about how glorious it will be. It isn't. It's ugly. Life isn't a movie. But that pirate idea is pretty bad-ass.

[@XBW3]

"This is not true. It just makes you want it more" ~Joe Biden

[@puesvale7348]

@John Doe Although it requires more effort

[@semurobo]

Seriously. People dont see how privileged they are to not know the gruesome reality of how bad it really is. It makes my blood boil when I See people talking about how they would shoot to kill... If you want to own a gun for any purposes other than hunting, Job requirement or recreational shooting, then you are the Kind of person who should never be allowed to be anywhere near a gun...

[@narwhal9852]

My mother shot and killed an armed intruder while she was pregnant with her oldest (my sister) father was at work and she was home alone. Puts a smile on her face every time she tells the story. People very much handle situations very differently

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

@@narwhal9852 Then you need to get out of that house and cut ties with her asap

[@Balpindo]

6:14 What's Odd about that? Happens everyday here in iraq.

[@monkeywithyoutubeaccount1705]

No smh you get airstriked here in Bosnia you step on land mines all the time

[@popefish8522]

It sucks that the homeowner's got screwed over RIP

[@tyger5645]

I’d feel more sympathy if the Brineys actually used the house. Most people probably thought it was just abandoned and taking stuff from it wouldn’t hurt anyone. There was no reason to set up a trap as they didn’t live there and were not in danger.

[@O___P]

@@tyger5645 It's pretty obvious that a house with a no trespassing sign is owned by someone that doesn't want you there, and the borders of a house are also very clear. It should be fine to defend it, lived-in or not.

[@aaroo9554]

@@O___P where is the line drawn on reasonable defence

[@mbryson2899]

@Doom Slayer , you misspelled "you're." Where on the scale of intelligence does that put you?

[@sneakysnek8416]

@@mbryson2899 oh shut up nerd

[@gordoncomstock2459]

In the 90s in Wiltshire England a farmer who was in dispute with his neighbour rigged up a shotgun in a copse with a tripwire across a meadow. It worked. His body was found two days later lying in the meadow after he tripped on the tripwire himself. I remember the incident and noticed the car parked by the road for a couple of days and wondered why it hadn't moved.