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US man charged for shooting mower

Witnesses told police Mr Walendowski appeared to have been drinking
A 56-year-old man from the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin has been arrested after shooting his lawn mower in his garden because it would not start.

Keith Walendowski was charged by police in Milwaukee with disorderly conduct and possession of a sawn-off shotgun.

He could face a fine of up to $11,000 and a maximum prison sentence of six-and-a-half years if convicted.

Police officers said Mr Walendowski had told them: "It's my lawn mower and my yard, so I can shoot it if I want."

Police found the shotgun, a handgun and a stungun, as well as ammunition, when they detained Mr Walendowski in the basement of his house.

Witnesses told police that he appeared to have been drinking.

The lawn mower was found sitting outside Mr Walendowski's house, which he shares with his mother, with the rubbish on Friday.

A local retailer said that Mr Walendowski might now have difficulty getting his lawn mower repaired.

"Anything not factory recommended would void the warranty," said Dick Wagner, of Wagner's Garden Mart in Milwaukee.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7526628.stm
You have to go to the site to check out this guy's picture.

Quote:"Anything not factory recommended would void the warranty,"

The whole article is funny, actually! Yanno, if he had just gone out and bought another mower, he would have saved approximately $10,000.

Actually, the line that made total and complete sense to me was this:

"The lawn mower was found sitting outside Mr Walendowski's house, which he shares with his mother, ..."

Go figure...

I saw an interview with his neighbor.
She was surprised but said that he was overall a nice man and quite friendly to most of the neighbors.
He is reported to saying that it was his yard and his mower and he could shoot it if he wanted.
I think he may be in more trouble because he had a sawed-off shotgun than anything else.

I have to say that I rather agree with the man that it's his right to shoot his own mower. But I strongly question the effectiveness of that particular lawnmower repair technique.

CFScorpio -- I imagine that argument works in Texas and the other southern states. It IS our right to shoot whatever we want to (except for people), in the privacy of our own homes!

PrairieGirl Wrote:CFScorpio -- I imagine that argument works in Texas and the other southern states. It IS our right to shoot whatever we want to (except for people), in the privacy of our own homes!

Oh, god...I guess I really AM a Texan now!

CF Scorpio Wrote:

PrairieGirl Wrote:CFScorpio -- I imagine that argument works in Texas and the other southern states. It IS our right to shoot whatever we want to (except for people), in the privacy of our own homes!

Oh, god...I guess I really AM a Texan now!

Welcome to the light, my child.

Seriously though...my dad once threw a typewriter out the second-story window of our house. I'd hate to think that this type of activity would now be illegal.