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Garden Detective: precaution for safety's sake

Ear and eye protection always should be used

Photo credit: iStock | Ear and eye protection always should be used when operating power equipment.

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It doesn't matter where you stand on weapons control because apparently even those of us who think we're unarmed may actually be wielding assault weapons in our gardens, according to a recent ruling by a judge in Memphis who designated a leaf blower as such.

Pointing a leaf blower at someone may, in fact, be a dangerous move, but that allegedly didn't stop Michael Bridgewater, 33, of Bartlett,...

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