Sweating bullets

Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^ | May 24, 2009 | Denise Malan

[Dead Corpse]

...have dirt berms on their property and regularly practice shooting their guns...

Did you miss something?

[Beagle8U]

“Neighbors should not be placed at any risk from the shooting, however slight.”

That means nobody should be able to shoot unless they own 25 square miles?

[HammerT]

This is typical of the Leftists, find the worst example of a particular entity they are against, and use that to justify new laws and restrictions that go way beyond the original issue.

Go after the ‘Stars and Bars’ to restrict free expression.

Go after smoking to restrict behavior.

Go after guns and ammo to restrict what people can buy in the marketplace – today it’s ammo, tomorrow it’ll be Incandescent light bulbs.....

[Dead Corpse]

Agreed. And when a bullet does land there, there is a specific damage claim and a real crime.

Until then, let them shoot into their dirt berm.

[org.whodat]

No you did, they said their line of fire extend over open fields!!!

[Rocky Mountain High]

blah blah blah

The anti-gun boogieman doesn’t live under every rock. Sometimes “the country” changes too. Some folks don’t want to hear a lot of racket when they’re trying to relax. I can’t say I blame them.

It’s like cigarettes - why should I have to move b/c some doofus lights up next to me and I have to smell his death cloud?

[SwinneySwitch]

This is in rural South Texas, my FRiend.

[Dead Corpse]

If they miss the berms. There is no evidence this occurs.

We get in to "what if's" and we'll be here all day and you'll end up in jail for driving a car.

After all, you COULD drink and drive and kill someone.

[luvbach1]

The items you cited in your post #20 IMO are not analogous to the issue in question. Thanks for your post.

[Scythian]

In their court filings, Herrada and Valentine say they shoot in the direction of open fields and that their berms are large enough for recreational shooting. Their filings say Valentine’s berm is 24 feet wide, 18 feet thick and 7½ feet high and Herrada’s berm is 21 feet wide, 9 feet thick and 7 feet high.

A 7 foot berm is nowhere near safe folks, not when there are houses behind the berm. My guess is the neighbors have good reason to be afraid.

[Dead Corpse]

why should I have to move b/c some doofus lights up next to me and I have to smell his death cloud?

Because it isn't your restaurant and you don't have to go there?

Why is this hard to understand?

[org.whodat]

The suit claims Valentine and Herrada cause a nuisance and violate the subdivision’s deed restrictions, which state “no noxious or offensive activity” or anything “which may be or may become an annoyance or nuisance to the neighborhood” are allowed in the subdivision. The covenant was signed in 1979.

The two Dumba** even live in a subdivision.

[Dead Corpse]

They are as germane as the idiocy as the plaintiff’s lawsuit.

[Rocky Mountain High]

Yes, but the sound is traveling on to someone else’s property.

If you live out in “the country” and your neighbors start blaring hip-hop music with professional-grade speakers, I suspect you might feel differently.

[Dead Corpse]

Er... So? What does that have to do with anything?

[ArrogantBustard]

Rifle Range on Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area to Close Temporarily

This (temporary??) range closure affects me personally; Sleepy Creek has the closest (by far) 200 yd range to my home.

I support the realignment, rebuilding, or relocation of the range. (I'd also support the prosecution of whatever brainless jerks were shooting over the berm.) YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE YOUR NEIGHBOUR'S PROPERTY FOR YOUR IMPACT AREA.

[Dead Corpse]

Been there, done that. Handled it like a man instead of a whiny little child.

[org.whodat]

The law is the law my friend no matter where you live you have no legal right to fire a gun onto another's property.

[karnage]

Osbornes should move out. Preferably to England. No worries about irresponsible gun use there.

[Dead Corpse]

Again, they weren’t. They were using the berms on their own property as an impact area.