Berek
Member
Ok, here is something that happened this past Monday (8/22).
My kid brother was leaving to go to college and wanted to spend some quality time with his older brother. I was more than happy to oblige. I took over my newest aquisition, a Hi-Point 995 carbine and we began shooting in my dad's back yard.
As we started the second magazine, a truck pulled up out front and a guy armed with nothing more than a cell phone (in an area notorious for no signal) gets out and begins giving my brother and I all kinds of guff about shooting and backstops and everything else. We had a good back stop. Shooting downhill and NOT towards any residence. This guy's house was over 700 feet from where we were and the state law gives 500'. We weren't shooting in the direction of his house but he gave the riccochet argument stating that the bullets can travel over a mile. He stated that my dad's property was not even an acre when my dad's lawn is over an acre in itself.
So, here it is. I was over the 500' minimum, shooting in a safe direction with the Earth as a backstop, on my own property, using 9mm Luger target rounds in an area where shooting is allowed. (I can't wait for hunting season when the citiots invade his precious 3 acre plot. It's mostly wooded.)
My brother is 6'3" and 250#, I'm 6'2" 300#. This guy was 5'10" and 180#. We had a loaded semi-auto carbine and he had a cell phone with no signal. My point is?
If you do not know the ppl you are going to confront, just call the police. If I were some crazed lunatic, he could have wound up dead. Lucky for him that is not the case. When I saw him approach, I took the firearm from my brother, dropped the mag and cleared the chamber. This was before he even opened his mouth.
And, should you be insane enough to approach ppl on their own property knowing they are armed and you are not, at least know the laws and be sure that they are in violation before you make yourself look like a total moron.
Takes all kinds, I guess.
Berek
PS: We need an icon for messages that indicate "Idiot"....
My kid brother was leaving to go to college and wanted to spend some quality time with his older brother. I was more than happy to oblige. I took over my newest aquisition, a Hi-Point 995 carbine and we began shooting in my dad's back yard.
As we started the second magazine, a truck pulled up out front and a guy armed with nothing more than a cell phone (in an area notorious for no signal) gets out and begins giving my brother and I all kinds of guff about shooting and backstops and everything else. We had a good back stop. Shooting downhill and NOT towards any residence. This guy's house was over 700 feet from where we were and the state law gives 500'. We weren't shooting in the direction of his house but he gave the riccochet argument stating that the bullets can travel over a mile. He stated that my dad's property was not even an acre when my dad's lawn is over an acre in itself.
So, here it is. I was over the 500' minimum, shooting in a safe direction with the Earth as a backstop, on my own property, using 9mm Luger target rounds in an area where shooting is allowed. (I can't wait for hunting season when the citiots invade his precious 3 acre plot. It's mostly wooded.)
My brother is 6'3" and 250#, I'm 6'2" 300#. This guy was 5'10" and 180#. We had a loaded semi-auto carbine and he had a cell phone with no signal. My point is?
If you do not know the ppl you are going to confront, just call the police. If I were some crazed lunatic, he could have wound up dead. Lucky for him that is not the case. When I saw him approach, I took the firearm from my brother, dropped the mag and cleared the chamber. This was before he even opened his mouth.
And, should you be insane enough to approach ppl on their own property knowing they are armed and you are not, at least know the laws and be sure that they are in violation before you make yourself look like a total moron.
Takes all kinds, I guess.
Berek
PS: We need an icon for messages that indicate "Idiot"....