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TIL of a court case where a burglar sued the owner of an uno㏄upied house for sett㏌g a shotgun booby trap to fire on someones feet as they are open㏌g the door．After the owner lost the court case he was asked what he would have done differently; he responded，" I’d have aimed that gun a few feet higher"

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