SHOTS FIRED! (Property owner reported to have fired gun in air near Camp Cindy)

Lone Star Iconoclast ^ | 10:15am (Central) August 14, 2005 | Deborah Mathews - reporting for The Iconoclast

[mylife]

I have fired a number of them.

A real kick in the pants I tell ya. :-)

Ya prolly should try shouldering the weapon to avoid that L0L

[RadioAstronomer]

Yea, we had about 50 M-14s and about 20 .22s. I have a coworker who had a live working M-60 in his JROTC.

Now I hear they cannot even practice with properly shaped wooden rifles in some places. Sigh.

We seem to be raising a nation of wussies addicted to "Duke Nukem" and "Captain Planet".

[Mensius]

Got a sign at my drive (proprty line) that says:

IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU'RE IN RANGE!

Stops 'em every time.

Yes, I live kinda in the boonies, better not try this if you have a sidewalk in front of your home.

[deport]

Shoddy, Shoddy work. I'll call you right back was 2 hours ago.

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LOL.... well they aren't exactly the NYT. I suspect the gal is running to and fro and not sure what is going on.

Sounds to me like a good ol' boy got in his pickup, drove across a few of his acres to the road, took his gun and fired a few rounds off on his property.

[RadioAstronomer]

ROTFLMAO! Ya make me laught out loud. :-) Thanks!

[tsmith130]

Cindy Sheehan said it was okay if the man fired his gun on his own property, so long as the bullets remained on his property as well.

Well, how authoritative of her!

[tgslTakoma]

Great idea! Spread some manure on the fields adjoining Camp Cindy. How can the "peaceniks" object to that; it's organic/natural.

I hope some of the Crawford locals are lurking on FR.

[mylife]

;)

[CheneyChick]

LOL!

[HereInTheHeartland]

Three words Mr. Mattlage, liquid hog manure. Find a source and spray it on the protestors.
The smell can be intense but it wouldn't hurt anyone. Also the plant life would benefit afterwords.

[deport]

From their story at the E/P

....Interviewed afterward, protest leader Cindy Sheehan said it was okay if the man fired his gun on his own property, so long as the bullets remained on his property as well.....

[wolfcreek]

I can't understand where this gathering is taking place. Is it on someone's private property,a roadside park or what? and why so close to pres. ranch seems like that would breach some security protocol.Most property in this state is privately owned.P.S sorry i couldn't make it to the freep,sounds like I'm missing all the fun!

[MizSterious]

Having experienced fire ants while living in Corpus Christi, I can only delight in your report.

[TheForceOfOne]

Hippies believed in the Free Store, old Hippies believe in the Peace House. Kind of late for a summer of love.

Hey you damn Hippies, get off my lawn!

Bang! Bang! let that be a warning you damn Hippies!


lol

[SouthTexas]

They are lucky the protesters stayed in the ditch. It is still frowned upon to cross fences in this state.

It's not hot here, Texas is just a warm-up stop for the troops going to Iraq. ;)

[kristinn]

I spoke Mr. Mattlage a few minutes ago. He said he had spoken with the Secret Service and "everything is fine."

He said the community is getting frustrated with the disruption to their everyday lives. He says the community feels the protesters have made their point and they're hoping the situation gets resolved soon so they can get back to ranching and farming. They are also concerned that school buses and ambulances be able to make their rounds without incident.

He says their concern is not about the politics of the demonstration, just that it is getting to be too much for the community.

[Gunrunner2]

Cyber-shooters. . .and even THAT is under attack. . .all those wussies want are pillow tosses (not "fights". . .too violent).

On the 9-11 1-yr anniversary, a Stafford County School held a paper-folding exercise. . .somehow this exercise was to mirror some story about paper doves folded by some little girl surviver of Hiroshima, and the school wanted kids to adopt non-violent protest by making doves out of paper. . .a middle east defense attache read about this and told me, as he laughed, that "the US is under attack and you teach your children how to fold paper!?"

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

A Texan fired a gun on his own property?,

How dare he do that. Just who does he think he is? /dripping with more extreme sarcasm

This article is a load. They don't even state if the shots were fired anywhere near them. He could have been doing target practice or shooting snakes. If these bungholes weren't around, would anyone even report the shooting? No. The world doesn't stop just because they show up.

[ErnBatavia]

and why so close to pres. ranch

It's my understanding that their little camp is two or three miles from the ranch; from what I've seen on television, it's set up along the road, outside of property owners' fencing.

[76834]

LOL
A shotgun really isnt that big of a deal.
Very limited range and for all we know he might have been shooting rattlesnakes, reptile variety.

They make enough noise to make folks nervous tho