Quarantine.

[Tartar Horde]

(10 April 2013, 17:07)Jonas Wrote:

(10 April 2013, 16:28)Binnie Wrote: Thankfully you don't live in scotland, the scottish outdoor access code allows access to most areas!

also there is not really a "tresspass" law in scotland, any tresspass i beleive is a civil case, unless you are there to commit a crime?

If someone is wandering/skulking around your property at night, it's a fair bet that he/she isn't birdwatching, but is there to commit a crime.

Trespass in Texas is a fatal matter. We can legally shoot trespassers on our property (posted or not) from sunset to sunrise. Our local sheriff does recommend that we not wound a trespasser however. "Burglary of an Occupied Dwelling" is an almost unheard of crime in our small town (about six years ago we buried the last man who tried it). That's why we sleep soundly at night with the windows open and seldom even lock the front and back doors.

Sounds like good honest Texan common sense to me mate. Anyone approaching or entering your property with honest intentions would make themselves known wouldn't they? you have to assume anyone skulking around has bad intentions towards you and your property, or why would they be sneaking in the first place?
I could not imagine the amount of shit that would drop on my/our head if anyone over here did that. If you were a gun owner I have no doubt all your weapons would be confiscated and your licence revoked, and the simple fact is you would fear what the police would do to you more than the burgler
I don't know what the situation is in Texas regarding proposed gun control, but the view from here seems to be that the US Government is focussed on a campaign of negativity regarding gun owners in the USA, reacting with media hype and spin every unfortunate episode of death where guns are involved. I also find it very telling that the media don't broadcast instances where guns have saved lives on a regular basis (or do they?).
Protection is the fundamental core of prepping for me, because that is what we do isn't it, we protect against food shortages, we protect against water shortages, and we try to protect our loved ones from every eventuality, our job as preppers is protection!, and without wanting to sound macho,, our job as men is to protect our women and children from other men who want to do them harm.