I'm not planning on doing the following thing, but would it be considered a criminal offense in the USA to fill up a soccer ball with concrete and place it on a soccer field in front of a goal, tempting someone to kick it?
Yes, despite not having a federal law expressly forbidding it, almost every state has a statute prohibiting booby traps such as concrete-filled soccer balls. A booby trap under U.S law has different definitions in each state, but they all largely express the same idea: an object or trap designed to cause injury to a person, designed in such a way that triggers automatically, or presents an ever-present danger, both visible or invisible, to an indeterminate individual or individuals. 

From your above message, the alleged purpose of these concrete-filled soccer balls is to tempt someone to kick it. As such, the soccer ball would be considered a booby trap in the U.S, and would therefore open the individual who filled up the soccer balls with concrete up to criminal liability. 

I hope this helps!
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### Instruction:

I'm not planning on doing the following thing, but would it be considered a criminal offense in the USA to fill up a soccer ball with concrete and place it on a soccer field in front of a goal, tempting someone to kick it?

### Response:

Yes, despite not having a federal law expressly forbidding it, almost every state has a statute prohibiting booby traps such as concrete-filled soccer balls. A booby trap under U.S law has different definitions in each state, but they all largely express the same idea: an object or trap designed to cause injury to a person, designed in such a way that triggers automatically, or presents an ever-present danger, both visible or invisible, to an indeterminate individual or individuals. 

From your above message, the alleged purpose of these concrete-filled soccer balls is to tempt someone to kick it. As such, the soccer ball would be considered a booby trap in the U.S, and would therefore open the individual who filled up the soccer balls with concrete up to criminal liability. 

I hope this helps!
