Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Ja Voll! I am zo excited for next month's releaze of ze next inshtallment of Ze Lord of Ze Ringsz: Die Zwei Towersz.
;^)
And when it comes to my friends, I am not embarrassed to suggest anything that may protect them. It would be a very BAD idea for you to go check it out yourself. What if it happens to be a nutjob?
I am not a "handy man" by anyone's imagination. But for my son's sixth birthday, I decided to build him a fort in the backyard. I bought the kit from Lowes and got to work while he and the missus were visting family for Spring Break. About 3 days in, I was talking to the wife on the phone:
Mrs. Stormhands: How's it going?
Corin: Well, it's taking longer 'cause I've had to spend so much time at the library...
Mrs. Stormhands: What are you doing at the library?
Corin: Looking up new swear words. I already used all the ones I know...
Must not comment...must not comment...must not comment...
When I was stationed at 29 Palms, I lived out in Wonder Valley, a desolate area 13 miles outta town... the only neighbors were a cluster of 4 houses a half mile away...
I got a visit from a deputy sheriff due to concerns of "constant gunfire" on my place... I had a a shooting range with range markers and backstops, which up to the time of the deputy's visit, I had used maybe three times over a month, and sent less than a hundred rounds down range...
Needless to say, I was a little perturbed that these citizens never called me or visited me, they just called the cops...
Since I wasn't doing anything illegal, the deputy said "have a nice day..." There was a marked increase in my shooting from that day on... every day, I took the time to empty at least one weapon into a berm... right around sunrise or sunset
If it was just me I would agree with you. However, when single women living alone start hearing gunfire 200 feet away from their home I would counsel them to call the cops.
No matter what nationality it made me look like.
No, I think you mis-read us John. Random gunshots over an extended period of time in a fairly high populated area...
I'm 30 minutes away from the Ashland sniper shooting. They brought the victim to MCV hospital two blocks from my office. My kid missed two days of school...(which I thought was a bit excessive until I heard about the note).
No over-reacting Germans here. But suspicious (or at least highly unusual) gunfire. You can be darn sure I'd want it checked out.
the missus is an accomplished marksman, as is Hair...
and I didn't call y'all Germans... I just agree that her first course of action should not have been to call the cops...
I can live with that. But as Hair stated, she doesn't know the neighbors.
She does, however, know the deputies. And she knows they won't overreact.
I just figgered you knew yer neighbors... if I didn't know them, I'd call first... and prob'ly skipped the face to face...
BTW, it took me 13 rounds to get that new scope zeroed in... sometimes yuh have to shoot that much...
just glad to see yuh safe...
didn't get that from her first two posts on the subject... understand that now... that changes the picture... every situation's got unique variables... but I still say she should've called the neighbor first... just my opinion...
So? If someone nearby is maimed with a lawnmower, would you freak everytime you heard the sound?
Firearms are still legal in this country and you shouldn't be suprised when you hear them used.
You can be darn sure I'd want it checked out.
Fine, but call your neighbors before you invoke the power of the State.
I had a similar situation a few years ago. One of the new neighbors didn't like how my shooting startled his horses. He called me up and after some heated words, we worked out a solution. It didn't involve calling the cops.
A telephone call to your neighbor doesn't put her in any danger.
Lawnmowers are a normal sound in my neighborhood. Shots are not. That's a silly comparison.
My reference to the Ashland thing was a bit non-sequitur, other than the fact that I'm in a much more highly populated area. Shooting in my neighborhood would not be "normal" under any circumstances.
I know John... but I don't even know their names. There are three houses there where it could have come from, one of which, I mentioned yesterday too, is a deputy. I debated calling for a long time... And when I did call, it was because it had finally just got on my nerves, and I didn't fear that I would be causing harm to the person if a deputy drove in. There are enough people around here that the neighbors ought to have been considered when the guy decided to sight in his rifle at home. We have a very good gun club a few miles away that is cheap to belong to.
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