There is a huge difference between a fence around your personal property and a wall around your country, but let's go with your example.
No, I don't have a fence, but I do live in a gated apartment complex. Guess what? People find ways to get past the gate, and crimes have been committed. Not many, but it does happen from time to time - car break-ins, car thefts, that sort of thing. Fences and walls will NOT stop people who are determined to get in.
And, no, it's not legal to shoot or electrocute people who trespass on your property. The castle doctrine, in those states that recognize it (and TX is one) only applies to someone entering your house uninvited. So if you're thinking of planting landmines in your front yard, you might want to either step back and reconsider or be ready to spend some time in prison.
The Vatican may have a wall around it, but it's to establish a bounde=ary between it and Italy. They don't use it to keep people out of the city-state; in fact, they welcome all visitors, and I don't think you need a passport or a visa. And the Great Wall of China? Impressive, but it didn't keep the northern tribes out and was breached many times. As I said in another thread, the Roman Emperor Hadrian had a wall built in England that was supposed to protect them from the surrounding tribes (much of it is still there)- they just went around it. The French built the Maginot Line to keep the Nazis from invading; that didn't work either, because they went through a supposedly impenetrable forest.
Where there's a will, there's always a way. Walls (and that fence around your property) don't protect you from anyone who is determined to get past the obstacle. If you REALLY think you'll be safe behind land mines, electric fences, and guard dogs, you won't be - and beyond that, what kind of life are you living? |
