Even in gun loving states, ignorant anti gunners, dishonest neighbors and moron cops can apparently piss all over your freedoms. At home this Saturday, shooting a .177 ive now shipped, a very quiet .177 at a catch box, in my backyard at 35y, the catch box is backed by a 12' tall berm. I had fired my 6th shot, and the neighbors beyond, above, and about 40y to the left of my property I notice is filming me through the woods like I'm running some terror training camp, I ask "can I help you" and she says, and in broken English "I call police, you escare me perro, me dog'. I told her nothing I was doing was illegal, that I'm not shooting in her direction, nor is it going on her property in anyway. And that her INDOOR dogs feelings (not a bark or whimper heard) were her problem, not to mention it's odd their constant revving of their insanely loud straight piped M3s and the constant mortar shell fireworks they do at all hours didn't scare her dog but a 73dB pellet gun at least 85y away as the crow flies to the back of their yard, does. They just want it their way. Why is it every gun naive person always defaults to "this is coming at me, this is an assault on me". Mind you in the past 4 months, on 2 occasions has this "es-scared me perro' I've been out there a good 3 days a week every week for the last year. Because during the work week I don't often feel like making the 32 .mile drive to the nearest place I can freely shoot any time.
What do you know, the cops come knocking 2 hours later. We have a police force that is extremely fast and present. They had to concoct a story...the gun which the loudest feature is the hammer slap was "escaring her dog", now all of a sudden my projectiles are "hitting their house, there are at least 3 pellet sized holes or dents and if they get called again there will be a problem"
HORSE FECES. I showed them my target which is IMMEDIATELY backed by a 12' tall berm that stretches hundreds of yards in both directions, backed by a catch box, and the 6 bullseye stickers with a couple tightly packed groups each. I am more cautious and anal of negatively impactint anyone or being detrimental to them, or their property's wellbeing than I have to be. Far more.
The typical naive answer "ricochets do weird things". Sure when the laws of physics and geometry allow them.. but, they do not allow a 22fpe soft lead slug projectile to impact a target, a 18"thick catch box, hot soft packed dirt somehow make a boomerang arc, to somehow make it over the berm, travel left 40 yards and back another 50 through extremely thick brush and tree cover to impact a house creating a perfectly round hole,yet no projectile in the "pellet hole".
I explained calmly it's not possible, and in my 25yrs at that property I've NEVER had an issue until these... "New americans" who have less than zero respect for their neighbors all of a sudden go from "it scares our dogs" to 2 hours later oh look 3 convenient holes, sans projectiles "he chooteen our house " when popo comes.
So now I'm not allowed to enjoy MY hobby because when the female of the house is home and notices I'm outside aallllll of a sudden it's a problem and now whenever there POS feel their annoyed I'm going to be on the receiving end. I've seen how this plays out in my 40yrs. Now that these liars have an incident reported, things will start mysteriously being damaged and I'll be scapegoated. I am really beginning to dislike this entire system. I bother No one, I do nothing to anyone, I keep my yard nice, my house presentable, I am careful, I do things during daytime hours only. I kind my own business. And now this. I'm selling with going van by the river mode. This shouldn't have me so furious but it does.
Edit. I didn't want to mention this, to avoid sounding political, but, I can see the "how do you know and what does it matter". Comjng
I know their direct next door neighbors, who are homeowners, these are temp renters using a proxy as the leasee. They're "Biden parollee" Venezuelans with zero respect for anyone. They abuse the system and use it against anyone they decide they don't like. The upsetting part is they get away with it. They've had problems with every property adjacent to them. First they had a massive trash dump pile behind their property line, partially on mine, partially on my nextdoor. 2nd, the cars, partying, fireworks and loud music 24/7. Just this past Thursday partying till 3am.. so I put up with it and keep my mouth shut. But they'll do this.
Also, the local ordinance is airguns are fine as long as it stays on your property. And knowing police these days they probably did the wink wink nudge nudge "is it hitting your property, because otherwise we can't do anything"...
I also asked them. "If I've hit their house, why is there not a citing or damage claim"? Yeah, no answer.
