man goes to jail for shooting his own lawn mower  

I think shooting it with a shotgun was a tad bit too far. good thing no bullet ricocheted and hurt him. That would have been hard to explain to the hospital. or what if there were innocent bystanders around. Also, his behavior could reflect how he can get when he is mad. What if his wife made him mad? Or a neighbor. He can easily do that. I mean, if he could do that to a non-living thing.. who knows?

The arrest was for the sawed-off shotgun, not the mower. I don't think those weapons are legal anywhere.

When I coudn't start the stupid thing, I stuck it in the trunk of the car and brought it to a mower repair shop. When the guy said it was beyond repair, I would have been happy to "kill" it! Instead, I asked if he would dispose of it for me, and requested a discount on buying a new one. When I see this in print, it makes me feel like the all-time chanpion of the wimps! I just made myself choose appropriate battles, and fighting the mower wouldn't help a thing!

Even out in the country you are not supposed to shoot within 300 yards of a house. It just isn't safe.
But that would have been funny to see. A man shooting his lawn mower. LOL.
I just put it away and let my husband look at it. I don't get that mad.

hi bmorehouse1 I have never done anything off the wall with a lawn mower but if I had had a gun years ago I would glady'
have shot a rototiller, speciallyas my husband and his
friend were laughing their fool heads off at me instead of telling me what to do. my husband told me the rototiller was so easy to use even I could do it then he hands it to me and tells me to push this button,but he does not tell me anything else. wellI pushed the damned button and the thing took off like a race horse with me practically flying in the air behind it and thoseidiots not telling me what to do, until finally I steered it in to his tomato patch and it got tangled up and stopped. whew.I am glad that was a long time back and now I can laugh at it too, but that day I was not laughing at all. My son was about nine at the time and he was the only one who ever showed me what I should have done. bless his heart.today he is fifty and still very up on all things mechanical and electronic.

This guy was intoxicated, armed with an illegal weapon and has anger management issues. I pity his neighbors for having someone like him next door; he reminds me of a neighbor I used to have (and am glad not to live anywhere near now).

Well, I am not guilty on any assaults against lawn mowers. Still, I think to send this man to jail was excessive and probably unnecessary. Not without consequence but can't some community service and probation type orders be applicable. Jail seems like such an extreme and to so harshly enforced. Even a course in anger management maybe? Perhaps I don't have enough of the facts to be making my opinions but as you write it is as I base my responses. And I can see another angle to this knowing that the sound of gunfire would bother me quite a bit, not many communities would embrace lawn mower shooting. In any case, the sentence seems harsh.

Goodness! Can anyone say GOOSFRABA??? (Anger Management reference here). I've gotten steaming mad at my mower before, but never to the point where I would want to shoot it! I agree that he should be able to do what he wants with it, including shooting it. But he did break the law by having the sawed off shotgun. But goodness. This guy needs a refresher course on calming down. I don't really think I've done too many things off the wall when it comes to the mower. I think the only thing I've ever really done is shoving it down a hill. But thats about it. lol. Lawn mowers frustrate me immensley!

ROFLMFAO...omg thats funny..it reminds me of the M.A.S.H episode where "Hot Lips" shot her footlocker LOL

I'm thinking maybe this guy needs a few classes in anger management...

good day.. I mean seriously he have anger issues. I mean shooting the machine isn't that extreme? What if a child saw this how could one explain it to that child? Yes I agree that it is is own lawn, his own house but he must also agree that it's not his own neighborhood, it's not his own state and much more his own country and totally not his own planet.

I honestly hope I never get that mad at an inanimate object to shoot it but heck it was his so what do the cops care. I really don't understand why in the world they are making an issue out of this. Give the guy a citation, take away his guns and be done with it. What good will come out of him being in jail?