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Originally Posted by OldMarksman
Posts # 5 and 7 are on point.
If I thought that I had a 98% chance of convincing enough people that a reasonable person would have believed that the property could not have been be protected or recovered by any other means,....
..that would mean that I thought I had a 2% chance of losing everything--fortune, record, personal freedom.
Not a good risk.
That does not take into account the costs, possibly astronomical, of prevailing during the investigatory and if necessary, trial stages.
Not a good strategy.
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A good analysis. And as Don H pointed out, if you have to start paying lawyer fees, in short order you could shell out a lot more the the cost of a top quality car stereo (or even a nice new car).
If you can see the guy breaking into your car from your window, have a good digital camera with a good zoom lens, take some pictures and give copies to your insurance company and the police. That'll help you settle the insurance claim quickly, and may help the cops catch the guy. It might mean that the defense attorney you'd turn to if you used your gun will have to dip into his saving for his next meal, but that should be okay with you; and maybe he can pick up a fee representing the guy the cops caught because you got his photo.