RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
October 18, 2014 at 8:44 am
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2014 at 8:47 am by The Grand Nudger.)
As an amusing aside, I actually had this problem, roughly, when I first bought this house. I noticed when I got the place that a clutch of trees on one side of the property had been shot to shit by a .22 - but I didn't make anything of it. There's a nice steep incline behind the stand that serves as a good backdrop (I use it as a burm to stop larger rounds myself) - so I figured that the previous owner did the same. After I'd been here awhile I noticed that some of the damage was new, fresh sap was oozing (but I hadn't been shooting). So I took a look back across the angle where the rounds would have to come from given the pattern on the trunk, realized that there was a house on that line of fire, hopped the fence, and went a knockin on my neighbors door. Turns out his (teenage) kid puts jars and bottles on a fence post and plinks em with a .22 (which probably wasn't a problem for anyone because the house had been vacant a long time before I got it) of the AR variety. I explain the situation, that the rounds are going over a corner of my property and I have 4 very young children who wouldn't know to come inside just because they hear a .22 that may or may not be zinging inches over their heads..and who aren't really that good at staying away from any particular part of my property when they play....and that I do hear his sons .22 going off alot and it worries the shit out of me. I suggest a lead backdrop or a different firing lane (plenty of options, we live in hill country). Everything seems fine, he apologizes, says he'll make sure his kid doesn't shoot in my direction anymore. Couple of weeks go by - and I hear the .22 popping off again. I see new damage on the trunks in the stand again.
-So what do I do, do I post up in a tree with a 270 to countersnipe this jackass and maybe put a few through his dads window for good measure? No, I called the cops. Because that's what you do when people are shooting in your general direction.
-the hilarity ensues, for those interested
-So what do I do, do I post up in a tree with a 270 to countersnipe this jackass and maybe put a few through his dads window for good measure? No, I called the cops. Because that's what you do when people are shooting in your general direction.
-the hilarity ensues, for those interested
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