Yes, but it probably wouldn't have deterred them either. They would have just carried off their unconcious friend and come back on the next night... remembering to duck when they opened the door!

Its a wonder he got off in criminal court (gotta love those Texans!)... The law seems to frown on booby traps of any kind. My dad used to tell me that "in the old days", they used to put up a false wall with a peep hole behind the counter in liquor stores. They would pay some guy to sit back there with a shotgun and if someone tried to rob the store, the guy in the back would just blow him away. The courts quickly made that practice illegal. I guess they didn't think it was very sporting for the criminal.

Funny! The crime rate seemed to be much lower back then... you know, before everybody started worrying about the "rights" of the criminals. <img src="images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />