nah this happened down south in manjimup

Wake up in the morning wondering why you camera has been stolen.

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I have a few cameras setup, few months back caught a guy looking into all our cars for something to steal. I think the cameras also act as a good deterrent, the crim sees that they're already being filmed walking in your yard and piss off. Some criminals even carry their own video cameras to check for IR lights/night vision cameras.

Don't use your big fuxoff maglight even if it's switched on, a lawyer will claim you bashed the other person with a lead filled metal tube. Use something that a court would accept as being laying at hand when you needed to defend yourself ie. golfclubs next to the front door, breaker bar/screw driver/fishing knife in the garage or your car.

In W.A. you have the right to defend yourself or your property in any means that you can justify were required to avoid injury to yourself.

If your dog attacks a burglar tell the cops you told the dog to attack because you feared for your safety, the dog was doing what it was trained to do. If you say your dog just attacked the burglar they classify the animal as dangerous and have it put down.

Each junkie needs steal a lot of stuff to support their habit. If these people keep coming back at least you'll get a chance to catch them on camera, chances are they're known to the local cops.

Good point to be noted as well, if you do have a fair sized dog on your property, remove all beware of dog signs... Even though this is a warning, in a court of law, it will work against you as they will say you are already admitting that your dog is dangerous... Bs i know, but these days, the crims have more rights then the home owners do. In saying that, I pity anyone that comes onto my property and walks away will all limbs lol Good luck though keep us all posted.

Anyone got any proof that defending yourself with a maglight needs to be on / warning signs for dogs etc etc etc or is this all just chinese whispers?

If someone is breaking into your property, why can't you defend it?

If all this is true, something is seriously wrong with this state.

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I don't know about the touch but have heard it before about the dogs. I think it will only be an issue in America at the moment but won't be long before people start suing for everything here to. The average oxygen thief wont think of suing.

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I always hear conflicting stories but I think the general consensus is that there is not much excuse for having a sports bat or heavy blunt object next to your bed but it is reasonable to have a torch near your bed which may happen to fall to hand if you need to defend yourself. A 1kg fire extinguisher might also happen to be mounted on the wall in your bedroom, fires can break out anytime so its better to be safe

Only a fool would keep a bat of some sort near their bed anyway...they are friken useless as a weapon in an enclosed space.

I also believe that the law is written to allow you to defend yourself but its not written to allow you to beat the crap out of someone stealing your TV or car (your not in personal danger) and it certainly does not allow you to chase someone down the road and then beat them up.

Fire extinguisher FTMFW !!!!! Irreversibles spec

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Our friends had a horse aggistment out the back of orange grove and they had a dog aptly named rambo, he HATED darkies. Anyway they had a beware of dog sign and this slightly dark chick came onto the property to look at her horse and Rambo tore her apart. They were sued and the dog was put down as they admitted he was dangerous with the signs.

It was in Westminster, which is just a fancy name for Balga. I guess it's not surprising for that area, but that shouldn't happen to anyone, regardless of the suburb.