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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Protecting Car Stereos
Message-ID: <3884@alice.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Jun-85 14:47:18 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 22 14:47:18 1985
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> A friend of mine uses this anti-theft technique:

> Take several double-edged razor blades and put a 90 degree bend
> in each.  Then screw one "leg" of each blade to the back of your
> stereo.  The more razor blades you use, the better.

> When the burglar tries to pull your stereo forward by
> grabbing the back.......  it causes pain.

> This technique got tested when his car was parked at an airport.
> His stereo was saved, but he had to clean blood out of his carpet.

Don't even think about it.  I have heard several instances
where people have tried to protect their possessions by booby-
trapping them, have wounded a would-be thief, and have been
successfully prosecuted for damages to the intruder.