Rellacout, I'm going to ingore the rest of your argumentative post and address just this:
In response to "why are so many people giving him a pass?--who is?": Look at how many people are saying its was a ricochet. He probably did not know. It was a mistake.....
It seems to me that unless there is some indication that the shooter was deliberately shooting into the OP's property, he probably did
not know, and it
was a mistake.
It may have been a very stupid mistake.
It may have been a ricochet; that would result from a mistake also, but depending upon the circumstances, it may have been a much more understandable one.
It was a mistake that one cannot afford to have repeated.
But saying that is not "giving the guy a pass."
It is identifying possible causes of the stray bullet.
Those who want to hold this person accountable are being told they are wrong overbearing neighbors...
I have no idea what you mean by "hold him accountable".
Is your objective to punish him somehow? Do you think that that would ever happen? Are you under the impression that the officers might take the guns away?
In a rural setting, with only a complaint to work with and depending upon the local ordinances,
it is likely that the most that the police will do is inform the neighbor of the complaint and perhaps issue a citation. If you think that the latter would comprise "holding him accountable", so be it, but it really would not address the OP's problem very well.
I should think that the real objective is to
stop further rounds from going astray as quickly as possible. That's what
I would want.
...and that they are not taking an effective course of action.
There are two aspects to this.
The first is the timeliness in which the problem can be solved. If you really think that calling and talking to a dispatcher, having the call prioritized, waiting for the next available unit, sending a unit out to find the neighbor, and having the officer tell the neighbor about your call would be quicker than making the call yourself, I cannot understand why.
The second has to do with how effectively the problem is solved.
Having a policeman inform the neighbor that there had been a report that a bullet had left his property and advise him to exercise due care may lead to a viable solution--or not. And the OP may feel comfortable after the police had visited the neighbor--or not.
Personally, as a very safety minded person who knows quite a bit about guns and gun safety, I would prefer to (1) get the solution started without waiting for a car to get to the neighbor's house; (2) at least try to ascertain for myself how the neighbor intended to minimize the risk of recurrence, offering my help if he were inclined to accept it; and (3) try to confirm that the problem had been solved.
If I were to call the neighbor and also call the police, and if the police were duty bound to investigate, (2) and (3) would cease to be available to me.