Thread: Police react to someone shooting on their own property

Originally Posted by faregame

I'd be rather unhappy if I was doing something (anything really) safely (legally) on my property and someone makes a "call" to the cops - we have rights as well!

different strokes for different folks.

would you feel the same if it was your neighbor (shooting 80m from your house) doing this i.e. you on the receiving end ?

Originally Posted by ebf

different strokes for different folks.

would you feel the same if it was your neighbor (shooting 80m from your house) doing this i.e. you on the receiving end ?

80m towards my house - yep bugger that

80m away - nope - my hunting mates are closer than that to me when they fire and thats safe - distance isn't really the point - safe direction etc is
I hear the pistol club from my home in the city. Its just 185m till you reach hundreds of houses from the range
They also shoot 223 and similar there from what I know (police use it too)

As for annoying or frightening someone - well he did it in the middle of the day - not the middle of the night; nor does it sound like he was up to their house

More like a waste of police resources - how did the complainant consider themselves or someone to be in danger - love that neighbourhood
As for the Police pointing rifles at him - lay a complaint - gee after they talked to him (15mins) they do this - again on what basis (doubt we'll ever know)

Originally Posted by faregame

As for the Police pointing rifles at him - lay a complaint - gee after they talked to him (15mins) they do this - again on what basis (doubt we'll ever know)

Yup, that was his version, would be interesting to hear the AOS side.

But agreed, unless he was doing something really stupid, does not warrant having rifles pointed at him... If he was walking with his hands in plain view, especially after having spoken to them I would be very surprised in the standard procedures would be to aim rifles directly at the person ?

Originally Posted by faregame

More like a waste of police resources - how did the complainant consider themselves or someone to be in danger - love that neighbourhood

Yup, I think that's the real story. Diverting limited resources over a 'panic', hopefully the Police also delivered a message to the complainant to be more intelligent before thinking there's a real problem nearby. Unlikely but I live in hope