Originally posted by Nashwan
I don't know any farmers without a shotgun. However, Martin had his shotgun certificate revoked in 1994.
Martin had caught a man stealing apples from his trees. As the man drove away, Martin fired at, and hit, his car.
Intent to kill? Range? Shot size? Just "marking the car"?
I've been told here by local police that a load of 8's to the rear fender would be a good way to definitively "mark the car" of the offenders that were "farming" my front yard with deep tire tracks after a rain. It was a high school thing going on between my boy and some others.
As I'd rather sleep than sit up all night, I opted for letting the grass grow longer and putting out an upside down flat harrow at night where they usually passed between two trees. Very satisfactory results.
It was and in some places still is common for farmers to load shotshells with rock salt. These are used to dissuade folks from robbing the watermelon or pumpkin patch. A load of rock salt to the buttocks, penetration or not, is painful but not really life threatening.
Martin sounds like a pretty typical farmer to me. So far.
