so mines are legal for home defense as long as the home is occupied?
No.
>>64698576FPBPFYM
>>64698576If they are all registered destructive devices, and are triggered manually by the owner, an argument could be made that they are not boobytraps (this is where the issue of legality stems, at least in the US. The devices can be owned legally, but it is always illegal to set a trap for humans). A claymore style device that is manually detonated would not be a boobytrap, but it would need to be a registered DD. Mines like the ones pictured would be illegal, since they are activated by the target, rather than manually by the owner.
>>64698662It is not a trap if it is command initiated. It is a trap if it is victim initiated.If a device requires simultaneous command and victim initiation, is it a trap?If both methods can be offset by half a second, is is a trap?Etc.I think there's legal room for innovation here.
>>64698677I think the best legal way to do it would be to have the mine linked to an alarm that is target initiated, could be a silent alarm that just lights up an indicator for the operator, who can then initiate the device. This would be legal, provided other criteria for use of deadly force were met (in this case, I will assume the user lives in Texas, so anyone on the property without permission after sunset).
