jhow1nm2
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Hello All, and a Happy New Year to everyone!!!! My wife and I had an unpleasant experience on New Year's Eve/New Year's Night. Our wonderful new neighbors across the street decided to celebrate the coming in of the new year by firing a 40 SW semi-auto pistol from their driveway 20x in two separate groups. Scared the dickens out of my wife, and woke my 3 yrs old up; and I was sick, in bed, with ear plugs on, drugged up on Nyquil.
I found the spent shell casings at the end of the neighbors driveway the next morning and contacted our county sheriff's dept. Sure enough, it was illegal to do in a residential neighborhood (must be further than 150 feet from a residence within county limits). Filed a report when the officer showed at my door. I handed him 15 of the shells. He took the information, explained there was nothing he could do but take an information report, since no officer was there at the time of the shooting. He did attempt to knock on their door, but no answer (approx at Noon on Jan. 1).
Keep in mind, we live on the crest of a hill. We are on the downhill side of the street. They are on the uphill side, directly across the street from us....think falling bullets...20+ of them...in an arch.... Not wanting to have a repeat of the same any time in the future, what would you do beyond what we have already done?
Hello All, and a Happy New Year to everyone!!!! My wife and I had an unpleasant experience on New Year's Eve/New Year's Night. Our wonderful new neighbors across the street decided to celebrate the coming in of the new year by firing a 40 SW semi-auto pistol from their driveway 20x in two separate groups. Scared the dickens out of my wife, and woke my 3 yrs old up; and I was sick, in bed, with ear plugs on, drugged up on Nyquil.
I found the spent shell casings at the end of the neighbors driveway the next morning and contacted our county sheriff's dept. Sure enough, it was illegal to do in a residential neighborhood (must be further than 150 feet from a residence within county limits). Filed a report when the officer showed at my door. I handed him 15 of the shells. He took the information, explained there was nothing he could do but take an information report, since no officer was there at the time of the shooting. He did attempt to knock on their door, but no answer (approx at Noon on Jan. 1).
Keep in mind, we live on the crest of a hill. We are on the downhill side of the street. They are on the uphill side, directly across the street from us....think falling bullets...20+ of them...in an arch.... Not wanting to have a repeat of the same any time in the future, what would you do beyond what we have already done?