Carry a gun on your mower?

[reynoldston]

Me living in a neighbor hood that if I forget my keys in my car overnight it will be there in the morning. I guess it is very hard for me to understand why to carry a gun on my lawn mower because I might get mugged. Now I live in the country and about 25miles away from a large city. I get the daily news every day from this city and never heard of a lawn mower mugging yet but it could happen. I hear about the a lot of problems when someone is walking down the sidewalk in the middle of the night, drugs, and gangs. Is this lawn mower mugging problem in some parts of USA, maybe in some of the city living or is this just I want to carry a gun because it looks neat and I also see nothing nothing wrong with that. I also have a camp in the mountains of NY and I see this gun carrying all the time by the locals and have asked about it and it is just because they just like carrying guns witch is there business which in the way I like it because this is still a somewhat free country. Lets keep all the rights we can before the do gooders take them away from us including carrying a gun just because someone wants to. As I see it we are losing more rights all the time because someone is afraid you might hurt yourself which is none of there business, just look at all the safety switches on the new mowers you have to pay for, give problims and don't want.

 

[reddragon]

the only crime on a lawnmower.. are dudes driving one drunk down the road...[ without a licence]:laughing:.....check out youtube.....‪drunk on a riding lawn mower‬‏ - YouTube

 

[Oddball]

Is this lawn mower mugging problem in some parts of USA, maybe in some of the city living or is this just I want to carry a gun because it looks neat and I also see nothing nothing wrong with that.

Never heard of a "lawn mower mugging", yet. :smile: But it could happen I suppose. I was concerned enough about being caught unawares while working in the yard and being forced into the house where they could rob me and my wife, or worse, that I carried any time I left the house and always had one within reach while in the house. It has nothing to do with looking cool. Open carry, while it should be our right, is not very smart in my book. That's just advertisinig you're armed and possibly inviting trouble. Just because you have the right to do something doesn't mean you should. You have the right to jump off your roof holding an umbrella, but it wouldn't be smart. No one knows I'm armed unless I want them to know. I fear we may be straying into the dreaded political topic zone here, so I'll say no more about it.

 

[bigblock]

As I said earlier, I always have a gun handy but it really doesn't have anything to do with crime. I live in a very rural area. In the past six years that I have lived here I have shot four coyotes from my yard and a couple more while I was out on the four-wheeler checking cows. I have never hunted them, I just shoot them if I happen to see them. Like the poisonous snakes, I just don't want them around the house and we have lost several calves to coyotes.

I have a small North American Arms stainless .22 revolver that I carried for the last 15 years that I was a police officer and continue to carry in my pocket to this day. A couple of years ago I was sitting on the ground in my yard picking up pecans. I happened to look up and saw a pack of seven or eight dogs standing in the dirt road in front of the house looking at me. I had never seen these dogs before. I stood up and started yelling and waving my arms to scare them off. Instead of leaving they spread out in a skirmish line and started advancing on me. I knew that they were not coming to lick my hand and figured I was in a tight spot. Then I remembered that I had that little revolver. That revolver is not very accurate and there were cows across the road so I had to keep my shots low to avoid hitting the cows. In spite of the situation, I have an aversion to shooting dogs. I just wanted them to know that they were not welcome and that this was not a place for them to hang around. I fired three shots, accidentally hitting one dog in the leg. They were gone, never to return. One of my friends said that he saw them crossing the road several miles from my house and said that he had never seen them before either. That little gun finally proved worthwhile after carrying it and not needing it for twenty years.

I walk a couple of miles every morning to prevent back problems that have bothered me for years. I always carry my Remington Nylon 66 that I have owned for 50 years. We have had a problem with rabies in the area. A friend was attacked in his carport by a rabid bobcat a few years ago so there are valid reasons to be armed here that have nothing to do with crime. So far while walking I have shot a few armidillos and a couple of cottonmouths that the dog managed to find. As was stated before, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need one and not have it. Y'all can do whatever you want but I plan on continuing to take care of myself because, out here, if I don't do it, who will?

 

[reddragon]

well ...keep a hand full of mothballs in case you run out ammo!:laughing:

 

[reynoldston]

Never heard of a "lawn mower mugging", yet. :smile: But it could happen I suppose. I was concerned enough about being caught unawares while working in the yard and being forced into the house where they could rob me and my wife, or worse, that I carried any time I left the house and always had one within reach while in the house. It has nothing to do with looking cool. Open carry, while it should be our right, is not very smart in my book. That's just advertisinig you're armed and possibly inviting trouble. Just because you have the right to do something doesn't mean you should. You have the right to jump off your roof holding an umbrella, but it wouldn't be smart. No one knows I'm armed unless I want them to know. I fear we may be straying into the dreaded political topic zone here, so I'll say no more about it.

Like I said I see nothing wrong with carrying a gun for what ever reason and this should be your right. Whenever I go to the inner city I also carry a pocket gun. Its a small 22 semi-auto rim fire. I bet I could give someone a bad day if I had to with it. I own 6 hand guns with permits to carry them plus shotguns and rifles. No i don't carry a gun around my house because there is no reason to do so. When I am in the mountains by my camp I just enjoy shooting my guns for no reason but to make noise and holes. I will shot a wood chuck or two. I don't even hunt anymore but I am also in my 70's. And yes I sure think if I have to worry about getting mugged on my lawn mower I would let the grass grow and think about moving. My life to me is worth more then that.

 

[hunting404]

A Taurs "Judge" 45/410 combo. Great for creatures that slither on the ground or on two legs. Covers a wider area with the 410 then just a single shot pistol.
Guns and mowing the grass. Good times!:thumbsup:
Have a great day.

 

[reynoldston]

Is that a picture of your dog in the snow. Seeing it's in the 90's here in NY it doesn't that bad. And yes I know the snow will be comeing.:smile:

 

[hunting404]

Yep, he enjoys playing in the snow. He really likes it when you throw snow at him while shoveling. If you don't he barks until you do. He gets a better workout in the snow and doesn't get as hot.
I'm from Long Island, now living in WI. Still have family there and they have had as much snow if not more then the midwest.
Have a great day

 

[glennsjr]

I have a .50 BMG mounted on my hood and carry a .44 on each hip also hive an ar 15 mounted on one fender and 12 ga. mounted on the other. since I' ve done that complaints have dropped and people pay quicker. Sorry couldn't resist.