joshuaeberly
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alright, short and sweet.
about 23:30-00:00 hours, three shots fired outside, close enough that I ended up on my knee in my kitchen, xd in hand, on the phone with the cops.
they drove by, around the block, throughout the neighborhood. didn't find anything. (roughly 3 min response time).
about 00:30-1:00 hours(26'th) 1 shot outside, followed by two more about 45 seconds later. prompting another call to the PD. about 5 minutes later, I was on my deck (side of the house) down out of sight smoking(I don't smoke in the house, kid and pregnant wife). and heard a vehicle in the alley across the street, so, I peeked, and saw another vehicle come down the cross street(dead end), turn around at my intersection, and turn into the same alley. I thought, at that point, that I heard some "loading" noises, this turned out to be true, the second vehicle backed down the alley, and I thought I saw a rifle/shotgun barrel sticking up in the passenger seat, prompting another 911 call. the vehicle backed out of my line of sight, and then I heard 6-10 rapid shots. my ass ended up on the ground, behind my truck, on the phone with the cops AGAIN. (I'm not a cop yet, I'm not a vigilante, and they were far enough away to pose no legitimate threat). while I'm on the phone with the cops, I am watching a suv and two cars attempt to get off the ice slick that is called an alley. as the cops arrived, they passed one car that had made it out of the alley, (didn't get it then, don't know if another unit did). they did get the suv, and the other car, both of which contained "illegal" handguns(where's the shotgun/rifle??? I know I saw a barrel). all in all the cops did a great job. best part is, when I talked to one of them, I attempted to identify myself (as for CC, which is pretty much mandatory in 20 degree weather, ID is legally required to be preemptive here in MI). the cop stopped me and said "I know who you are, you've got a gun right? good." and "I wish more of you guys had guns, this is america right? we'd have less problems if more of you were armed".
tell you what, I've run into some real pricks on the GRPD and WPD forces(no sarcasm). but, the nerve of this cop, daring to suggest that law-abiding citizens should carry guns. I mean, there would be blood in the streets, wild-west style shootouts, etc..... WTF is his problem??? (sarcasm evident I hope).
all in all, I'm very glad that they were in the alley and not my street, as random shooting, 30 feet from my house, would pretty much require me to intervene, and I thank God every day that I don't have to.
alright, short and sweet.
about 23:30-00:00 hours, three shots fired outside, close enough that I ended up on my knee in my kitchen, xd in hand, on the phone with the cops.
they drove by, around the block, throughout the neighborhood. didn't find anything. (roughly 3 min response time).
about 00:30-1:00 hours(26'th) 1 shot outside, followed by two more about 45 seconds later. prompting another call to the PD. about 5 minutes later, I was on my deck (side of the house) down out of sight smoking(I don't smoke in the house, kid and pregnant wife). and heard a vehicle in the alley across the street, so, I peeked, and saw another vehicle come down the cross street(dead end), turn around at my intersection, and turn into the same alley. I thought, at that point, that I heard some "loading" noises, this turned out to be true, the second vehicle backed down the alley, and I thought I saw a rifle/shotgun barrel sticking up in the passenger seat, prompting another 911 call. the vehicle backed out of my line of sight, and then I heard 6-10 rapid shots. my ass ended up on the ground, behind my truck, on the phone with the cops AGAIN. (I'm not a cop yet, I'm not a vigilante, and they were far enough away to pose no legitimate threat). while I'm on the phone with the cops, I am watching a suv and two cars attempt to get off the ice slick that is called an alley. as the cops arrived, they passed one car that had made it out of the alley, (didn't get it then, don't know if another unit did). they did get the suv, and the other car, both of which contained "illegal" handguns(where's the shotgun/rifle??? I know I saw a barrel). all in all the cops did a great job. best part is, when I talked to one of them, I attempted to identify myself (as for CC, which is pretty much mandatory in 20 degree weather, ID is legally required to be preemptive here in MI). the cop stopped me and said "I know who you are, you've got a gun right? good." and "I wish more of you guys had guns, this is america right? we'd have less problems if more of you were armed".
tell you what, I've run into some real pricks on the GRPD and WPD forces(no sarcasm). but, the nerve of this cop, daring to suggest that law-abiding citizens should carry guns. I mean, there would be blood in the streets, wild-west style shootouts, etc..... WTF is his problem??? (sarcasm evident I hope).
all in all, I'm very glad that they were in the alley and not my street, as random shooting, 30 feet from my house, would pretty much require me to intervene, and I thank God every day that I don't have to.
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