Good grief. Some of you are all to eager to report your neighbors like good little Germans.
Hair, is he shooting at an indecent hour? Perhaps you should give him a call or talk to him in person.
Easy on them John... It is highly unusual to hear gunfire that close here, and it went on for so long, and it was worrying me. I was hesitant to call, because I can't even tell what house it is coming from, and yes, I was too chicken to go check it out for myself.
I am a shooter... so it gave me very mixed feelings to hear it. Because I know the law... and the law does not forbid shooting here... But I also know the rules for safety and ettiquette, and had no way of knowing what direction the shooter was firing in, or what kind of backdrop he had. These houses are 200 feet from me through trees, and they are 1 acre lots. Mine is a seven acre lot that might look like the safest direction to fire. Next door there is a grocery store. They may not even be aware my house is back here in these trees. I just don't know. It just isn't rural enough that people spend the day target shooting nearby. I am in the country, but there are too many people around. The sherrif's dept here are not gun grabbers. They are country cops. If they came and checked it out, their judgment on the situation would be sound. My apologies to the shooter if he was being safe. I just know too many idiots to not be a little on edge when I am hearing rifle fire 200 feet away every couple minutes for two hours or more not knowing what it is about.
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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.