Cranky Neighbors

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I don't blame you. I don't find that you did anything out of line. You were perfectly legal so screw him. If he doesn't want to hear gunfire, tell him to move to the city. Where I live I would think it very strange if more than a couple of days went by without hearing large volumes of gunfire. I do my part to contribute to that as well.
 
you were on the right side of the law and I understand the push to eb the nice guy, but at a certain point it's their turn to take the damn highroad and I get to stay on my level road.

You did the right thing, I believe.
 
Ohio Gun Guy,

My friend was kept in touch with the entire time. He is on my side and his wife was the one that said to him in the back ground "I see he met red faced Rob..." that's where I got that from!! Plus I called him during this event when the neighbor said I had no right to be there and had an open dialogue with my friend on speaker phone!!

Thanks for everyone's input. I think that for the most part, we will drive to land a few minutes away so we don't have to worry about people like him.

As a side note to all the comments:

I do have an AR with about 500 rounds loaded up.
I am a reloader and have some hot 357 stuff in the works for hunting applications.
I have a 91/30 Mosin but not a lot of ammo, I've been meaning to buy some.
I tried my best to not completely laugh in this guys face.
Thanks all and good night. Time to go check on some patients.
 
I agree with Sharpes that better the high ground... Next to the homestead is a rental house that on average is rented to someone from the Chicago suburbs every fifth year. Invariably when the rifle range on the farm is used the tenants will call the sheriff's office.

I remember one such tenant the year my uncle built a 45-70 using Dr. Gatling's design. Rumor has it that when the neighbor called the sheriff he was told to call back when they ran out of ammunition.
 
i agree be neighborly as long as possible but when you fully legal and have been more or less considerate there is no reason for cursing and yelling. on his part if i were asked politely i would have simply asked the neighbor to when heed be out of his house for work or whatever nothing wrong with that, BUT come at me cursing and screaming and its m44 time
 
Unfortunate that the BH used profanity while your son was there. Just for that indiscretion I would be tempted to let him have a little until the noise ordnance kicks in each day. The least I would do is let him have enough to teach him he's not the ruler he thinks he is.
 
The world is full of jerks; don't let them get to you.

Back in the day, growing up in a rural area, when a neighbor did something that bothered you, you went and talked to them politely. Things weren't always perfect and there were jerks back then too, but nobody ever called the cops unless there was a seriously bad situation.

Nowadays, in the same area, a lot of Californians and retired city folks have invaded the area. People call the cops at the drop of a hat. They move out to the country and expect the country folks to accommodate them. No offense intended towards Californians and city dwellers. I know that there are plenty of decent people there, but they do tend to have a different perspective..
 
Officers wife, was it so the SO could drop by to try it out, or was just a bit loud??

I lived in rural Oregon, never had a problem with my neighbors, but I did have many problems with people "plinking" in the neighboring X-mas tree feild and other uncontrolled fire, seems we didn't appreciate being a back stop, worst was when a bullet literally zinged (really is more of high pitch whirling sound, very hard to describe) past my head.

Just some "good old boys" trespassing and shooting salamanders on a private pond, happens to be a few houses up the hill like my neighbors where I was playing. They got told to leave, when they resumed firing, they got the fireworks and some shotgun blasts added in for effect. You didn't do that in my part of the woods, especially on a friday evening.

Point being, there is no harm in responsible target practice, even my dad, a staunch Anti, never had a problem.
 
You said you had already shot there before with no problems, right?

Everybody has a bad day every now and then. Let it die if if possible.
Why give him a reason to dislike gun owners?

Honestly it sounds like both of you were acting childish, even if you only did so after he instigated it.

My 2c
 
the guys a jerk! but you did say that you havent had problems before so i would give it a week or so for things to cool off and then resume shooting as you were before.
 
I would have gone home and grabbed my loudest gun (probably the mosin) and touched off a few rounds just to show him that this is the USA and we will continue to bear and shoot arms!!!:)
 
Forget all the prior advice if owning Full Auto weapons is legal in your state and go and find someone with a 50 Cal Browning "Ma Deuce" and have them come over and wake the jerk up at the first second of legal shooting light and at the end of the day a few times !!

That'll make him wish you were only shooting 357's !!
 
Tough call. While I think it's usually better to try and resolve any ruffled feathers with some calm and polite dialogue, this individual clearly was not of the same opinion.

Some have brought up a good point, that it's worth trying to not give them reason to 'hate' us gunnies.

Others have an equally valid point that it's your friends' property, you had permission, were well within the legal requirements, and were 'technically' in the right.

I love the fact you had your friend on speaker phone while 'talking' with the neighbor. Since I don't have to live next to this idiot, I think I'd let my friends' wishes rule that choice. If my buddy wants to make life miserable for 'bob', let 'em have all the noise you can legally make.

Some folks just deserve a good old fashioned arse-whoopin' to teach them a little bit of common decency, and that the world does in NOT in fact revolve around their delicate sensibilities.

PE
 
Some folks just deserve a good old fashioned arse-whoopin' to teach them a little bit of common decency, and that the world does in NOT in fact revolve around their delicate sensibilities.


qft
 
"They move out to the country and expect the country folks to accommodate them."

That reminds me of what happened to a local friend. He was born and raised on his daddy's farm in this rural area. They had a new "urbanite" neighbor move next door a few years ago.

This guy actually called the county animal control office on my friend because "he just let pigs run around" his place and "get rid of them because of the smell", etc.. My freind's house is upwind of his barn. City Boy built his house downwind. :)

Well, the normal way he and his family has always raised the hogs they intend of sale or slaughter is to let weened babies run free until they reach a certain age. They generally stay near thier feeding spot, the barn. This method (and the fact that city boy could do nothing about it) really got under his skin. :) Needless to say, they don't speak. :neener:

OP, you were in the right, IMO. Don't sweat it.
 
Hi Shadow,

Officers wife, was it so the SO could drop by to try it out, or was just a bit loud??
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I'm told the 11 months that person lived there he made over a thousand complaints. In one specific case, a Charlois steer escaped from the feedlot and 'nested' in the woods behind the rental house. (Dad owned the woods) Three months later the guy filed a lawsuit against the farm corp that said steer had damaged shrubbery and left cowpies on his lawn. Which I'll agree was well within his rights. Trouble is... The steer had been caught within two weeks and at the time of the 'polluted grass' resided in our freezer.

Bottom line- the guy would lie (under oath) on credit when he could tell the truth for free. It's been our experience that city people move to the country to get away from the city problems then bring those problems with them.
 
It's been our experience that city people move to the country to get away from the city problems then bring those problems with them.
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I agree. Living in the country most of my life, I have observed the same thing.
For the most part city folks don't understand how simple it is out here. Neighbors generally get along great and help each other out. You respect everyone else's property and they do the same with yours. Everyone looks out for everyone else. Honesty and common decency will take you a long way with us out here. But there's always that one jackass I guess. Luckily we don't have one too close that I know of.
 
People are pissy right now about everything. I am sure there was something else already plauging his obsessive mind. Things are tense right now, and I think it has a lot of people on edge. I might of fired off a few more rounds just to let him know I was in the right, but it is not always important to be right. Be safe.
 
Unfortunate that the BH used profanity while your son was there
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That always annoyed me.

I'm told the 11 months that person lived there he made over a thousand complaints
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He should have investigated the areas allowable practices. We had a problem at our gun club about ten years back. We were established in 1932. Residents (a lawyer) didn't like a change of the shotgun sports activities on to a piece of our property formally unused. After three years and thousands in legal fees, we moved back.

left cowpies on his lawn
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Isn't that like fertilizer?
 
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