"Some clown in sacramento was dragged into court. He shot his lawnmower, it disobeyed, it wouldn't start..." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7526628.stm
sacramento? The best part of the article was that someone probably had to call Garden Mart to confirm whether or not the warranty covered shotgun shots.
It probably would have slid if he had used something legal (like an AK-47), but the dude used a sawed off shotgun.