Geeze.... another gun-o-phobic.

Come on, Gene. You have to sympathize a little. You know guns are dangerous.
Why, just this evening, I came home from the range, took the magazine out of
my pistol, placed the two objects on the table, and went to wash up. When I
came back to the table, the gun had moved 6" closer to the magazine. It was
preparing to reload itself and cause an accident. I considered unlocking
another gun to shoot the first one with, but I figured that if the accident
happened just as I returned to the table, I would be be found with two guns
and labeled a gunman with an arsenal. Worse, I live alone, which would lead
neighbors to tell the press that "He lived alone, except for the 3 days a
week when his son came over with his skateboarder friends, and you know
about THAT kind of kid". Then, after they'd carted me off to the hospital
(after being shot by gun #1, which just "went off by itself"), the police
would find the supermarket receipt on the table, showing that I'd just
bought 4 boxes of baking soda, a gallon of vinegar and some houseplant
fertilizer. Everyone knows you can make foamy little volcano bombs with
baking soda and vinegar, so I'm obviously a terrorist. Not sure about the
Miracle-Gro, though.

Amazing to think that this whole thing would be caused by a gun which loaded
itself and "went off", even after this particular model passed a rigorous
drop test designed for new firearms by the state of Massachusetts.

Personally, I don't shoot cats because I don't have problems with them, but
if they destroyed my vegetable garden, I wouldn't hesitate to do so. If you
read the fine print in your town code, you'll likely find old laws which
permit landowners to kill things that destroy food crops.

Just because you call an animal a cute pet doesn't mean it's not a serious
pain in the ass to someone else. I'll venture a guess that you've never come
face to face with a feral dog, or three of them at once.

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bajaman wrote:
The traps work surprisingly well. I have trapped approximately 20 cats
in
the last 2 months using a live trap. I have several really nice cars
that I
was tired of the damned feral ******* cats climbing on when I'd leave my
garages doors open. Not to mention the shredding of the garbage bags
awaiting collection.
Once you have them trapped, they are yours to do with what you will.
A word of advice, if you just haul them off somewhere, go AT LEAST 10
miles
away, and cross a couple of bodies of water if you can. Otherwise the
*******s will damned near beat you back home!

I've also broke out my old recurve bow and gone "hunting". Nice and
silent,
and provides a relatively quick kill (though a stuck cat certainly YOWLS
a
lot!). I'd avoid poisons and firearms in any sort of municipal area,
too
much chance for things to go wrong.



wrote in message
...

Here we go again. A couple years ago some low-lifes sent the 5 lb. furry
vermin to my clam boat to use it as a litter box. Never got a good aim
at
the cat.

Now, I have a trawler with Polish storm windows (AKA rigid pvc drop
curtains) around the stern area, and a neighbor's DAMN CAT still gets

inside

for the same purpose.

I need your advice. What type of anitfreeze is it that smells and
tastes
good to animals, but offs 'em in a few hours? Does De-Con work? Rat

traps?

Doug Kanter wrote:
... this particular model passed a rigorous
drop test designed for new firearms by the state of Massachusetts.


I'm glad you told me about this... I'm not going to buy any guns in
Massachusetts any more. I don't want to pay for a "new" gun after it's
been dropped.

DSK

Doug Kanter wrote in message
...
Personally, I don't shoot cats because I don't have problems with them,
but
if they destroyed my vegetable garden, I wouldn't hesitate to do so. If
you
read the fine print in your town code, you'll likely find old laws which
permit landowners to kill things that destroy food crops.



If you looked hard enough, you'd probably find an old law that allowed you
to pop someone who spit chawin' tobacca
on your floor. That defense probably wouldn't work today..........well
maybe in Texas & Florida.

:-) ROFL!

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
... this particular model passed a rigorous
drop test designed for new firearms by the state of Massachusetts.


I'm glad you told me about this... I'm not going to buy any guns in
Massachusetts any more. I don't want to pay for a "new" gun after it's
been dropped.

DSK

"Don White" wrote in message
...

Doug Kanter wrote in message
...
Personally, I don't shoot cats because I don't have problems with them,
but
if they destroyed my vegetable garden, I wouldn't hesitate to do so. If
you
read the fine print in your town code, you'll likely find old laws which
permit landowners to kill things that destroy food crops.



If you looked hard enough, you'd probably find an old law that allowed you
to pop someone who spit chawin' tobacca
on your floor. That defense probably wouldn't work today..........well
maybe in Texas & Florida.



Actually, the law about terminating animals is tested around here a few
times a year. It doesn't specify that the property has to be an
income-producing farm - just "food crops". My son's baseball coach was our
town justice, who clued me in to the law. He explained that it was almost
done away with in the early 1940s, but the advent of the victory garden
concept kept it on the books. He also explained that HOW one terminates an
animal is obviously crucial. If it's done with a firearm within town limits,
you may be judged without fault for killing the animal, but slammed with a
(justified) weapons violation. Further, the "terminator" needs to exhaust
every other possible solution, which usually means you have to prove that
you tried to get help from the animal control dept and negotiate with the
owner of the animal, usually a dog. A side benefit of the law is that it
gives towns a reason to replace dog catchers who are overly sympathetic with
dog owners who are perpetually irresponsible.

I hear that Doug,
Cats and dogs are not a real problem for me as I have a 6 foot privacy
fence around the property.

I am at war with the neighborhood squirrels. A couple of weeks ago the
pack decended like the Mongols to sack and pillage my strawberry and tomato
garden.

I found a wonderful product called Colibri .22 low velocity ammunition. It
is primer propelled, and very quiet. (sounds like someone stepping on a dry
branch) The round leaves at 375 fps. About the speed of a hi power pellet
gun.

Won't penetrate the wood fence either.

The squirrels hate it. It drops 'em in their tracks.

Since implementing this plan, I am actually getting to put some
strawberries on my morning cereal.
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
I certainly hope they don't waste their time trying to segregate funds
based
on each donor's prejudices. But, I don't care. There's no way to change
peoples' minds with regard to cats & dogs. The animals are quite capable
of
subverting the minds of their owners to the point where they ignore the
damage and aggravation caused by the creatures. As we know from Darwin,
there's a place for such owners, as well as a place for gardeners like
me
who make the pets vanish when appropriate. We are the lions of the
suburbs,
so to speak.

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"Jim Woodard" wrote in message
...
My wife donates to the SPCA with instructions on the check NOT to be
used for cats......wonder if they follow those instructions.

Doug Kanter wrote:

"Don White" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
Here we go again. A couple years ago some low-lifes sent the 5
lb.
furry
vermin to my clam boat to use it as a litter box. Never got a
good
aim
at
the cat.

Now, I have a trawler with Polish storm windows (AKA rigid pvc
drop
curtains) around the stern area, and a neighbor's DAMN CAT still
gets
inside
for the same purpose.

I need your advice. What type of anitfreeze is it that smells
and
tastes
good to animals, but offs 'em in a few hours? Does De-Con work?
Rat
traps?


I'd contact your local SPCA, borrow a live trap and turn the cat
over
to
them.
You may cruely kill an innocent cat that could be attracted by the
anti-freeze.



Agreed. A HavAHart trap will do the trick. Cats don't deserve the
antifreeze
routine. That's for dogs.

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OH GAWD Doug,

Don' ya know nutthin..It wernt gonna cause no accident... Its spring and
theys a gettin reddy to mate. Pretty soon, yous gonna have a buncha little
baby peashooters poppin off all over the gun cabinet. Better lay inna stock
of extra baby oil, and wipes. Ya knows how messy the first few months r.

grin
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
Geeze.... another gun-o-phobic.

Come on, Gene. You have to sympathize a little. You know guns are
dangerous.
Why, just this evening, I came home from the range, took the magazine
out of
my pistol, placed the two objects on the table, and went to wash up.
When I
came back to the table, the gun had moved 6" closer to the magazine. It
was
preparing to reload itself and cause an accident. I considered unlocking
another gun to shoot the first one with, but I figured that if the
accident
happened just as I returned to the table, I would be be found with two
guns
and labeled a gunman with an arsenal. Worse, I live alone, which would
lead
neighbors to tell the press that "He lived alone, except for the 3 days
a
week when his son came over with his skateboarder friends, and you know
about THAT kind of kid". Then, after they'd carted me off to the
hospital
(after being shot by gun #1, which just "went off by itself"), the
police
would find the supermarket receipt on the table, showing that I'd just
bought 4 boxes of baking soda, a gallon of vinegar and some houseplant
fertilizer. Everyone knows you can make foamy little volcano bombs with
baking soda and vinegar, so I'm obviously a terrorist. Not sure about
the
Miracle-Gro, though.

Amazing to think that this whole thing would be caused by a gun which
loaded
itself and "went off", even after this particular model passed a
rigorous
drop test designed for new firearms by the state of Massachusetts.

Interesting ammo. I wish I didn't have to live in a typical neighborhood
where that's dangerous to do. For now, I have to do creative things with
chicken wire and hardware cloth.

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"Capt Frank Hopkins" wrote in message
hlink.net...

I hear that Doug,
Cats and dogs are not a real problem for me as I have a 6 foot privacy
fence around the property.

I am at war with the neighborhood squirrels. A couple of weeks ago the
pack decended like the Mongols to sack and pillage my strawberry and
tomato
garden.

I found a wonderful product called Colibri .22 low velocity ammunition.
It
is primer propelled, and very quiet. (sounds like someone stepping on a
dry
branch) The round leaves at 375 fps. About the speed of a hi power pellet
gun.

Won't penetrate the wood fence either.

The squirrels hate it. It drops 'em in their tracks.

Since implementing this plan, I am actually getting to put some
strawberries on my morning cereal.
--
Capt. Frank

www.home.earthlink.net/~aartworks


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
I certainly hope they don't waste their time trying to segregate funds
based
on each donor's prejudices. But, I don't care. There's no way to
change
peoples' minds with regard to cats & dogs. The animals are quite
capable
of
subverting the minds of their owners to the point where they ignore
the
damage and aggravation caused by the creatures. As we know from
Darwin,
there's a place for such owners, as well as a place for gardeners like
me
who make the pets vanish when appropriate. We are the lions of the
suburbs,
so to speak.

--
Do not respond to my Hotmail address. It's never checked. Post all
responses
here.
......


"Jim Woodard" wrote in message
...
My wife donates to the SPCA with instructions on the check NOT to be
used for cats......wonder if they follow those instructions.

Doug Kanter wrote:

"Don White" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
Here we go again. A couple years ago some low-lifes sent the 5
lb.
furry
vermin to my clam boat to use it as a litter box. Never got a
good
aim
at
the cat.

Now, I have a trawler with Polish storm windows (AKA rigid pvc
drop
curtains) around the stern area, and a neighbor's DAMN CAT
still
gets
inside
for the same purpose.

I need your advice. What type of anitfreeze is it that smells
and
tastes
good to animals, but offs 'em in a few hours? Does De-Con
work?
Rat
traps?


I'd contact your local SPCA, borrow a live trap and turn the cat
over
to
them.
You may cruely kill an innocent cat that could be attracted by
the
anti-freeze.



Agreed. A HavAHart trap will do the trick. Cats don't deserve the
antifreeze
routine. That's for dogs.

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Doug Kanter wrote in message
...
Actually, the law about terminating animals is tested around here a few
times a year. It doesn't specify that the property has to be an
income-producing farm - just "food crops". My son's baseball coach was our
town justice, who clued me in to the law. He explained that it was almost
done away with in the early 1940s, but the advent of the victory garden
concept kept it on the books. He also explained that HOW one terminates an
animal is obviously crucial. If it's done with a firearm within town
limits,
you may be judged without fault for killing the animal, but slammed with a
(justified) weapons violation. Further, the "terminator" needs to exhaust
every other possible solution, which usually means you have to prove that
you tried to get help from the animal control dept and negotiate with the
owner of the animal, usually a dog. A side benefit of the law is that it
gives towns a reason to replace dog catchers who are overly sympathetic
with
dog owners who are perpetually irresponsible.


Wow! Up here it's against the law to discharge firearms within a certain
distance of a dwelling and certainly within town/city limits. You 'mericans
need to get rid of that NRA and civilize your firearm laws.