Op, it's robbery if you were in the house and there. It's burglary if you weren't at home. Robbery is a felony.

#71 and what, burglary is not a crime?

Actually @71 you have it wrong. Theft: when a person unlawfully takes and carries away another person's property without consent with the intent to permanently deprive the owner. Robbery: Essentially theft accomplished through the use of physical force or fear (ie if someone steals your purse after setting it down on a table it is theft. if they steal the same purse in a threatening way or by violently snatching it away it would be robbery.) Burglary: Though most often equated with theft, didn't actually require that a theft occur or even be intended. Burglary is simply the unlawful entry into a structure, such as a home or business, with the intent to commit a crime inside. Although many burglaries involve theft, the crime intended can be any crime from theft, to murder. A person can be charged with burglary regardless of whether or not the intended crime was committed. Additionally, the unlawful entry into a structure doesn't need to be accomplished by breaking and entering, although that is usually the case, it can be as simple as entry merely must be unlawful (ie trespass through an unlocked door).

oh and one more thing @71 Normal robbery is usually a second degree felony in most states, but can be a first degree felony if the robber uses a dangerous weapon or attempts to kill anyone or inflicts or attempts to inflict serious bodily injury. Burglary is a crime defined as the unauthorized entry into a building or dwelling, with the intent to commit a crime within the premises. Depending on the jurisdiction as well as the circumstances, burglary may either be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony.

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That was bad, and you should feel bad.

If that pun was my child, I'd shoot it

Don't feel bad. I like bad puns. A for effort.

F for poor execution

With that kind of stretch you should be a yoga instructor

Atleast you tried

:)

That was an apawlling joke!

not nearly as horrible as your attempt at a pun.

That's true. But sometimes that reason is really stupid, like there being a squirrel outside the window.

You must not own a dog. All my dog ever does is bark.

I had a dog that I swear used to walk around and bark just to hear himself.

#27 Sounds like one of my dogs. In fact, he's doing now as I type this. He does it so much that now the other dog doesn't even respond lol.

Yeah, reasons like leaves, for fun, and because the mailman is driving by, again.

Wow you guys are lucky. I can't remember the last time my dog actually barked for a reason.

My dog will bark at a tree

Not if they're small dogs

Wasnt there a Fml talking up a dog barking at 1am and the op was worried and checked and was like nope just a dog barking at 1 am

untrained dogs bark for any reason they see fit like getting back into the leaving room. trained dogs know not to bark for nonsense.

Not really lol. Most of the time ive heard about dogs barking because of either animals outside, because of leaves (aka the wind) or just because.

53 i have a husky. She doesnt bark she howls. Which can be worse. Ha. But she never howls at people, just other dogs or birds. Huskies are NOT good guard dogs, so to pp. its not just small dogs.

Except little ones

Yah most dogs do alert their owners if somethings wrong. When my neighbors house blew up due to a propane fire my dog was barking like crazy before the fire department even showed up.

They can STILL break in without being heard even with locked doors and windows.

You know many locked houses are broken into, right? Locking doors will deter some burglars, but not determined burglars.

Hook up some sort of high powered electrical current to all doors and windows that you can turn on and off with the push of a button. I think most burglars would be detered when they taze themselves.

also make sure to ice your stairs, and heat up all the door knobs.

Thats a good idea really, once he remembers to turn the trap off when he needs to use the door...

Yeah, because we all live in the Home Alone movies... -_- In regards to the OP, I had a dog that wouldn't STFU once it was bedtime...nonstop barking for 4-6 hours a night! She was an outside dog, in a fenced yard, and where did she bark? At my bedroom window -_- EVERY NIGHT

Yeah tell that to my parents. They got broken into. Dead bolt and knob locked. He got in with a screw driver. A SCREW DRIVER. Its that easy. And windows are easy to break.