His "last straw" moment.


https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-man-confronts-catalytic-converter-thief-were-sick-of-this/3041904/

Good stuff.., wish he would have popped his knee with a big hammer.. give the Theif something to think about before he tries to do it again

I love these videos.

It should be legal to use thieves as target practice.

4 iron or pitching wedge?

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"I work hard to have things; have a car, travel, do all this stuff. And then these guys just come in and take it and sell this calabrator for like $40," he said.
The man is still on the run, Dallas police records show. Hayner says he hopes the man will get caught because he and his neighbors have had enough.
"We're sick of this. We're not going to put up with this anymore," he said. "Everyone is so happy that I fought back. A bunch of neighbors came by to say thanks because I probably saved their cars from getting taken."

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"Work hard to have things" -- unlike politicians and crime dismissing DAs who can just vote it to themselves regardless of if put in any effort.

The country needs a scaled down version of the old chain gangs of the last century to deter the repeated but less violently serious crime that nonetheless is a scourge on quality of life.

He should've shattered both his kneecaps.

Should've stuck a 9mm under there and unloaded it on him. Leave thieves DRT. (Dead Right There)

BTKAG97 said:

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It should be legal to use thieves as target practice.

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It is in Texas

fullback44 said:

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Good stuff.., wish he would have popped his knee with a big hammer.. give the Theif something to think about before he tries to do it again

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Or a sledgehammer to the ankles.

But a set of legirons would be great, too.

BTKAG97 said:

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It should be legal to use thieves as target practice.

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Some thieves are fair game:

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A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property:

(1) if he would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.41 ; and

(2) when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:

(A) to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or

(B) to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the property; and

(3) he reasonably believes that:

(A) the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means; or

(B) the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury.

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It should be illegal to sell them.

lobopride said:

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It should be illegal to sell them.

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They wouldn't stop anything. Crooks sell and crooks buy.

itsyourboypookie said:

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BTKAG97 said:

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It should be legal to use thieves as target practice.

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It is in Texas

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Maybe there is a reason why some people have "low riders".

I've seen videos of them bouncing around.

Could they do that by remote control?

aTm2004 said:

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4 iron or pitching wedge?

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That would do the trick ..

A couple of possible defenses to catalytic convert thieves comes to mind:

1) Anti-theft skirts around the car that could be deployed whenever stopped. This could help with other things as well -- for example, keeping kids, cats, and dogs from crawling underneath your car and getting run over when you don't know they are there.

2) A sensor to determine when someone is under the car and activates the car alarm and plenty of flashing lights. Of course, you might need anit-kid,dog,cat skirts to keep them from crawling under and setting it off.

I've read about work on cars to enable them to find and park in a parking space by themselves. You could pull up to the front of the store, get out, and send the car to find a space. Then, when you come out of the store, you just press a button on the key fob and the car comes back to you.

Are those available yet?

That could be interesting if you happened to call the car to automagically come to you while someone was underneath stealing your catalytic converger.

He should have jumped in van and backed up. Say he didn't know he was there.

Reminds me…this person I play video games with occasionally had a vehicle break down after work one evening. Went back the next morning to get the car and it was surrounded by cops and what not. Some schmuck jacked up the car trying to steal the converter and the jack gave way. Crushed the dude to death. Freakin hilarious. I'm too lazy to Google it, but it's out there. Somewhere in North Carolina.

Or get rid of the regulations requiring catalytic converters.

SamjamAg said:

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He should have jumped in van and backed up. Say he didn't know he was there.

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If it had been an electric vehicle, he could have jumped in and backed up immediately while the thief was still trying to figure out where the catalytic convert is located on an electric car.

I guess there is at least one reason to buy an electric vehicle.

A sharp hoe or an axe works well too.

SamjamAg said:

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He should have jumped in van and backed up. Say he didn't know he was there.

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Could not agree more

One question for Mr. Design District: Who do you vote for?

aTm2004 said:

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4 iron or pitching wedge?

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4 iron gives you more range, but PW has more weight

If only these crooks were targeted like nutria in Florida. 10 bucks a scalp or something.

Get in. Drive off. "I didn't see him there"

Any way you could electrify a converter when you aren't driving?

How much juice could a spare car battery deliver through it?

LSCSN said:

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Reminds me…this person I play video games with occasionally had a vehicle break down after work one evening. Went back the next morning to get the car and it was surrounded by cops and what not. Some schmuck jacked up the car trying to steal the converter and the jack gave way. Crushed the dude to death. Freakin hilarious. I'm too lazy to Google it, but it's out there. Somewhere in North Carolina.

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https://www.wfae.org/crime-justice/2022-01-27/a-north-carolina-man-was-crushed-while-stealing-a-catalytic-converter-deputies-say

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/23877051/joshua-larry-diehl/rocky-mount/north-carolina/davis-little-funerals

richardag said:

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Or get rid of the regulations requiring catalytic converters.

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Straight pipes for errebody

thats the one!

eric76 said:

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SamjamAg said:

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He should have jumped in van and backed up. Say he didn't know he was there.

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If it had been an electric vehicle, he could have jumped in and backed up immediately while the thief was still trying to figure out where the catalytic convert is located on an electric car.

I guess there is at least one reason to buy an electric vehicle.

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There is no cat converter on an EV

... that's the point he was making...

It would have been even better if he could have quietly got in his van, started it fast and quickly shifted it into reverse. With the pedal on the floor.