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Onkel Neal 02-13-14 12:14 PM

13 Worst States To Be A Burglar
 
Hey, I'm pretty ticked off, I thought Texas would have been one of them, if not #1 :/\\!!

http://renters.apartments.com/13-wor...tdoor=outbrain

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By now, you hopefully know how important it is to protect yourself, your apartment, and your possessions from burglary. But do you know how the law is protecting you? Did you know burglars can get life in prison for theft in South Carolina? Or that if a burglar is "a known boxer" in Pennsylvania, their fists count as a lethal weapon? We searched through data on residential burglary to come up with a list of the 13 states with the toughest burglary penalties in America. The effects of being tough on thieves might surprise you.

We scoped legislative codes in all fifty states (and DC) to find maximum and minimum burglary sentences and fines, then searched through actual prison population data to find out how long the average burglar really spends in jail. We factored in Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrine laws, which allow homeowners and apartment-dwellers to protect themselves with deadly force in the event of a burglary.

Want to know whether your state is one of the ones that's hardest on burglars? The 13 toughest states for residential burglary, in order of maximum time and fines, are: Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Montana, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Florida, Tennessee, Illinois, and Maine. The average minimum sentence in these states is 2.5 years, while the rest of the country averages under a year for burglary offenses. In fact, in South Carolina and Virginia, thieves can get locked up for life, and Alabama has a maximum of 100 years behind bars.

Jimbuna 02-13-14 12:20 PM

Alabama 100 years!! :o

Sailor Steve 02-13-14 01:06 PM

Utah doesn't need tough burglary laws. We don't expect them to make it that far. :O:

STEED 02-13-14 01:14 PM

Come to the UK our doors are always open, free tea and coffee with a slice of chocolate cake.

Wolferz 02-13-14 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED (Post 2174338)
Come to the UK our doors are always open, free tea and coffee with a slice of chocolate cake.


I guess your burglars have nothing to fear other than a truncheon or the occasional fireplace poker.:03: In my neck of the woods, burglars get shot coming or going. The police tell us if the burglar falls out the door, drag his sorry hide back inside.

STEED 02-13-14 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2174340)
I guess your burglars have nothing to fear other than a truncheon or the occasional fireplace poker.:03: In my neck of the woods, burglars get shot coming or going. The police tell us if the burglar falls out the door, drag his sorry hide back inside.

I hope you got plenty of these signs up. :rolleyes:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Warning-Tres...l+be+shot+sign

Wolferz 02-13-14 01:33 PM

We use this sign....:D
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...thCAX3CJQZ.jpg

I won't waste ammo on a thieving scumbag but, by the time I'm done with him, he'll wish I had.
Butt stroke to the head. Repeat as needed until no sign of life remains. Groin shots are just as effective.:huh:

STEED 02-13-14 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz (Post 2174345)

:har: :up:

Wolferz 02-13-14 01:41 PM

The dog is just the burglar alarm system. She's a bloody coward.:haha:

Madox58 02-13-14 02:46 PM

While Nancy and I were in Hawaii, 3 people broke into our home and assaulted my Step-son and a friend.
They also tore up the house.
They got 3 years hard time.
What made it hard time was me contacting people and for a small donation?
Nasty things happened to them.
:D

Aktungbby 02-13-14 03:08 PM

Seriously kids: as in the other post on English jammy dodgers, the best defense is a well bribed yard sign from the local alarm service; tip the guy a $20 and put it up with a few motion detector lights; for diehards, a little 3/8 foil strip in the window or small alarm stickers will do as well, along with a blinking red light camera (fake) over the front porch..The banditos will move on to other easier pickings after they case the joint! WOLFERTZ! no shooting unless the hole is predug and you have two bags of quicklime! No tryer of fact,(juror) 6 months after the fact, ever sees it the way you saw it along your gunsight at the time you were seeing it. Jurisprudential Monday-morning quarterbacking at its worst! You'll just be the bad guy.

Armistead 02-13-14 03:12 PM

In our county burglars get shot, survivors get shot again...

Jimbuna 02-13-14 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead (Post 2174383)
In our county burglars get shot, survivors get shot again...

Here in the UK it would be adviseable to put some sort of weapon in their hand after they have been incapacitated.

http://s21.postimg.org/cf1usz7bb/image.jpg

Wolferz 02-13-14 03:26 PM

NO TRESPASSING
Survivors WILL be Prosecuted.

Red October1984 02-13-14 05:00 PM

DC isn't a state though? :hmmm:


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