neighbors called law enforcement on me

[blakejohn]

i hope the people who called the police will come forward and speak to me as to why i should stop shooting such as they're wife just gave birth and the baby keeps getting woke up (i have a soft for children) or some other decent reasoning then i'll stop shooting when they're home, but otherwise in few days i'll go out there with the 40 again and target practice if i so desire

Too bad they probly wont. Too cowardess to come to you the first time and now they called the cops and you didn't get in trouble. Doubt they will contact you in person now.
Hell, I would approach them once I found out who they were and respectfully ask what the issue was. But not until I made more noise to make sure they know I didn't get in trouble and wont.

 

[dakota port]

How far is your property from your neighbors ? Say from residence to residence.

i'd say about 100 feet+ with a tree line in both sides so i can't even see their house, the lot goes deeper then wide

 

[sovietak474u]

Everytime I go to my rifle shooting spot they call the police. A fellow ODT member saw this. 3 showed up this time. The cops were cool. No problems.

 

[buck111]

My neighbors and I shoot frequently. If it gets too quiet around here I start to worry...

 

[jmc10129]

Everytime I go to my rifle shooting spot they call the police. A fellow ODT member saw this. 3 showed up this time. The cops were cool. No problems.

you shooting around jbo?

 

[dakota port]

found out who called it in and it was who i thought, and they won't be receiving a Christmas card this year

 

[Blizzard4R]

found out who called it in and it was who i thought, and they won't be receiving a Christmas card this year

Must've been the neighbor you thought was the friendly nice one..

 

[dakota port]

Must've been the neighbor you thought was the friendly nice one..

actually i was neutral with em. but the report stated basically that they didn't know if i could legally shoot in the backyard thats seems to be the only reason for the call

 

[Indirect Fire]

Maybe it's just me but, when I lived in an area I could shoot freely, I would give my neighbors a heads up about the time frame and what I was doing. You very well may have, but 100' is just not that far and it just seems neighborly to me to notify adjoining property owners. Not a gun thing per se, but a courtesy thing. Who knows they may be city folk and just not get it. In most cases in the long run it pays to err on the side of politeness with neighbors.

It can be disconcerting to sit down to watch a football game and enjoying a cold one and then 30 minutes to an hour of gunfire starts in unexpectedly 100' outside your window, (not really that far)....been on both sides of the table. If I had an issue I would have just walked over an talked, as opposed to involving LE though...

Some folks just fear guns and think walking over and talking or calling would "put them in some danger", people are weird. Maybe I'm just old fashioned.

 

[dakota port]

Maybe it's just me but, when I lived in an area I could shoot freely, I would give my neighbors a heads up about the time frame and what I was doing. You very well may have, but 100' is just not that far and it just seems neighborly to me to notify adjoining property owners. Not a gun thing per se, but a courtesy thing. Who knows they may be city folk and just not get it. In most cases in the long run it pays to err on the side of politeness with neighbors.

It can be disconcerting to sit down to watch a football game and enjoying a cold one and then 30 minutes to an hour of gunfire starts in unexpectedly 100' outside your window, (not really that far)....been on both sides of the table. If I had an issue I would have just walked over an talked, as opposed to involving LE though...

Some folks just fear guns and think walking over and talking or calling would "put them in some danger", people are weird. Maybe I'm just old fashioned.

i shoot before 5:00 pm when most people will be out of the neighborhood, so i tr to not bother the neighbors maybe i otta tell em before hand that i'm gonna shoot some and invite em to join