Hello everyone,
Ive been looking thru the different topics for a couple of months now but this is my first time posting. First of all thank you all very much for the great info and the efforts to keep the rights to keep and bear arms alive.
On to my story,
I was out camping this passed weekend in National Forest and at some point of the day my family and some friends decided to pull out our firearms and do some practice shooting. We had probably already gone thru a couple hundred rounds when 2 Rangers walk up to us and tell us we're going to need to stop shooting. They told me they were going to have to ask me to stop because I was too close to the road and other campers where getting worried. At that point I told him I was following all regulations for shooting outdoors. I was at at least 150 feet from any road or campers ( I was actually 1/4 mile away from any road and over 500 feet from any other camper). So I did not see what the problem was. Again he said the shots could be heard from the road......... I kind of just looked at him in silence.
At that point he just asked me how much ammo was I planning on shooting that day, I told him I had about 200 more rounds on my rifle and another 100 on my handgun. The Rangers had a little conversation between themselves at that point and pretty much just told me I would be allowed ( and thats the part that didnt sink well with me) to shoot for another 30min that day. I could of been a jerk and told them I have the right to shoot in national forest and if other campers dont like it they should not camp in national forest, but I didnt want to create a conflict in the middle of the woods. Also, I had been shooting for a couple of hours and felt people should be able to go up to the mountain and get soem peace. Anyhow I had split/mixed feelings about the whole situation. As they walked away they also mentioned there would be a State wide Fire arm shooting ban starting Monday.
How would you all handled this situation?
Ive been looking thru the different topics for a couple of months now but this is my first time posting. First of all thank you all very much for the great info and the efforts to keep the rights to keep and bear arms alive.
On to my story,
I was out camping this passed weekend in National Forest and at some point of the day my family and some friends decided to pull out our firearms and do some practice shooting. We had probably already gone thru a couple hundred rounds when 2 Rangers walk up to us and tell us we're going to need to stop shooting. They told me they were going to have to ask me to stop because I was too close to the road and other campers where getting worried. At that point I told him I was following all regulations for shooting outdoors. I was at at least 150 feet from any road or campers ( I was actually 1/4 mile away from any road and over 500 feet from any other camper). So I did not see what the problem was. Again he said the shots could be heard from the road......... I kind of just looked at him in silence.
At that point he just asked me how much ammo was I planning on shooting that day, I told him I had about 200 more rounds on my rifle and another 100 on my handgun. The Rangers had a little conversation between themselves at that point and pretty much just told me I would be allowed ( and thats the part that didnt sink well with me) to shoot for another 30min that day. I could of been a jerk and told them I have the right to shoot in national forest and if other campers dont like it they should not camp in national forest, but I didnt want to create a conflict in the middle of the woods. Also, I had been shooting for a couple of hours and felt people should be able to go up to the mountain and get soem peace. Anyhow I had split/mixed feelings about the whole situation. As they walked away they also mentioned there would be a State wide Fire arm shooting ban starting Monday.
How would you all handled this situation?