Opposition is at an all time high. I live in Central Virginia... have for 44 years. I’m in a rural area where it’s legal to target practice on your own property (and I have plenty of property). I’ve been enjoying shooting for years and years and years in this same place. A couple of weekends ago, I managed to get my hands on a few boxes of Ruger 9mm (scarce stuff on the shelves around here) and decided to put a few rounds down range. I went through about 40 rounds and then went inside to start fixing dinner. About a half hour later, a Sheriff’s Deputy was riding around looking for who had been shooting. Evidently, a neighbor on another road over called and complained that bullets were whizzing over their head. I took the officer to my shooting area which has a huge dirt berm backstop and explained that I had fired about 40 rounds 30 minutes earlier. It wasn’t even in the direction of the complainers house. The officer made sure I was aware if my liability in the event that a stray round went somewhere it shouldn’t and left. It just boggles my mind that a little 9mm would alarm someone. I’m really glad of one thing though.. I have guns, know how to use them, and they don’t.
Just some former DC hack who moved to their Dacha in the country after rapping the republic for 30 years or so would be my guess as to whom complained.
Furthermore, these days I would not "fess up" about my shooting activities to anyone, let alone permit them to roam about my property. I would simply deny knowing anything about the shooting.
It is not a sin to lie to a tyrant.
Wouldn’t that mean that Mr./Mrs. Hoplophobe filed a false police report?
Last I heard, that’s a crime in and of itself.