• deathbird@mander.xyz
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      7 hours ago

      Squatters don’t usually go for genuinely abandoned properties, but rather ones that are empty in the short term for normal reasons (vacations, sales, grandma got moved to a home). If they went into abandoned properties then there might be repairs that need to be done, some of the utilities might not be able to be activated immediately because of connection issues, it might not be safe, and certainly the owner might not notice and then come to ask them to leave and then they would never be able to ask the owner for money to make them leave.

      • Mirshe@lemmy.world
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        15 hours ago

        This might also count under assault, depending on state laws. Someone turns up at my door with a fucking sword, a gun, and a belt full of chemical weapons, I’m definitely going to feel like he’s there to harm me, whether or not he says he is.

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          14 hours ago

          TBF, the article never really describes exactly what the man does with all his equipment. We don’t even know if he’ll be the aggressor.

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        23 hours ago

        He’s gonna meet a former mall ninja/disciple of the sword fedora wearing meth head and he gonna die.