From: SSAA, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Advertiser Adelaide 15/7/2000 Firing warning shots illegal A Perth man may be charged for firing warning shots at intruders after lying in wait at his business, which had been robbed three times in as many days. The owner of the trailer business in Welshpool sat in his premises on Thursday night with a semi-automatic rifle, confronting juveniles who smashed a window to break in at 9.15pm "He let off a shot into the wall with a semi-automatic," a police spokesman said yesterday. "The kids took off and he fired a couple more shots to scare them." The man then rang police to tell them what he had done. Police said the man's weapon was licenced but it was illegal for persons to use firearms to protect themselves or their property. It was also against the law to "set man traps" which in effect the business proprietor had done. "We're not going to tolerate this type of stuff," the police spokesman said. Detectives questioned the man and it was possible he would be charged, he said. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
