Guns and Rattlesnakes

I had to put this pic up. I'm trying to look as menacing as possible.

When I last spoke about guns on the blog, about ten people signed off their emails with something along the lines of "stay away from guns". A sound piece of advice given all of the crazy stories that come out of the US. But they're an everyday accessory in the country. In many ways they're not a whole lot more dangerous than the machinery we're using. As with the combines, the level of risk depends on who is using the gun and how they're using it. I've been shown how to handle it safely.

In this case, we had it out in the field in case we saw rattlesnakes. We're in rattlesnake country apparently. No sightings...