[TheForge] why church bells are not stolen was Re: the theft of metal public

[Bruce .]

You're forgetting that "hanging out" is expensive -- guard duty.  So you
pay the lowest possible salary to have somebody else hang out there, thus
calling especial attention to the value of the item being guarded.  Guard
"falls asleep" on duty and guards buddies walk off with metal.

Bruce
NJ

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:

> I take it this thread is about theft of copper and other $$ metals for
> sale to scrap yards, no?
>
> On 4/18/15, 10:45 AM, Ries Niemi wrote:
>
>> This is a situation where the only thing that works is government.
>>
> Um, no.  Defending your own property works far better.  Hang out and wait,
> AR15 in .338 Specter at hand w/300 gr. slugs, subsonic, and a good can to
> keep things quiet.  Thieves enter by foot, leave by handcuff or body-bag,
> their choice.
>
>> As I said, here in Washington, we have laws regarding the buying of
>> scrap, and they are enforced.
>> NO kegs can be bought for example, unless the seller can prove they are
>> in the beer business.
>>
> Hell with that.  Kegs make pretty decent gas forges.
>
>> NO wire with the insulation burnt off, unless you can prove in writing it
>> was done legally, not over a campfire in your backyard.
>>
> That's just stupid.  I take an acetylene torch and slag the wire into a
> mold.  Now what?  Prove where you got the copper ingots?
>
> Yeah,  because police-state tactics have such a glorious history of
> success.
>
> Sheesh.
>
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