Comment by victorbjorklund
2 hours ago
Not how the law works. If I put a bomb in a box. It will explode if a certain pin is put in. And you ask ”can I open the box? What is the pin?” And I say ”here is the pin to open it” and the bomb explodes. Do you think I can claim they blew up themselves ?
I'd guess the smiley indicates that op meant it as a joke.
Yes. Because law enforcement assumes there's bombs in boxes by default and defers to the bomb squad to understand the box before they touch it.
Why would the bomb squad trust the box owner to help them defuse it? To understand the issue, you have to construct a proper analog.
Sure, you're right that this analogy is bad, because that would never happen.
But if it did, you'd still be on the hook for the bomb, even though technically the LEO set it off through incompetence.
I never told you it is a box with a bomb. You just asked if you can have the pin. You can do another example where you give false information with the intent of making another person take an action that they don’t wanna take and would not take unless you had provided false information. You are causing the action to happen. Just like if you yell fire in a theater. You didn’t stamped anyone to death. But your words caused it.
You don't have to tell me a bomb is in the box because it doesn't change the fact that bomb squad is called before officers know what's in the box.
Why would the bomb squad be called after the box is unlocked and the contents revealed?