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I feel like I'm on an F'n battlefield!

As a lifelong big city boy, that was my biggest adjustment moving out to the sticks a few years ago. I lived in a sweet beach house out near the Pacific for awhile where I'd hear gun shots constantly as they'd echo up and down the river. At first they were disturbing but once I got used to them I was glad to trade the chaos and noise of the city for someone popping off a few rounds once in awhile.

The fucking 60,000 ton tankers that would blow their fog or emergency horns about 300 yards from my house at 5 am on the other hand... (although that was still really cool :p )
 

floralheart

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You know it's probably just some kids messing around. When me and my friends were in our early 20's we would pull our pistols out in the back yard and pop off a few magazines together around the holidays and think nothing of it. You could always go over and talk to them and help them understand how dangerous it is.

That was in a city of roughly 5 million people, more or less. We thought as long as we were in the backyard and never shot into the air that it was okay. That was wrong.
 

floralheart

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wait till they go to bed, lights out etc. then YOU open up with a full auto 10-22 shooting tracers. keep those cocksuckers up all night & see how THEY like it... a buddy used to set fireworks off with an alarm clock, an old car battery, & some small heating coils to light the fuses. hide them at random aimed at the target house & go shopping or something...:tiphat: so far it sounds like the pain is a one way street.

I nearly burned down someone's house in high school doing something similar. Probably not the best idea. Thankfully I grew up and nobody got hurt.
 

Stoner4Life

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here in minnesota if you set fire to a residence (even an empty one) after 1:00am it carries the charge of attempted murder.......
 

floralheart

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Lastly, I hope you realize your neighbor was sizing you up and then befriending you to look for a reason to not like you. Avoid. The only stray bullet that comes over will probably be an invited one. I pulled a .38/.357 out of my house and it didn't even make it past the siding, really only your windows are vulnerable.

I've fired .38 special point blank into a wall from 3' away and it never spun past the woodwork, so unless someone has you in their sight, you don't have much to worry about as long as you have a roof and ceiling and a pretty standard modern house. Fix it with ballistic film or shatter film if you are really worried about it.

Most of the hype and fear about guns is just that, hype. My 10 cents.
 

floralheart

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here in minnesota if you set fire to a residence (even an empty one) after 1:00am it carries the charge of attempted murder.......
I was once caught running down the street with an explosive device when I was maybe 14. Chasing 2 other kids who stole a $2 ball from my garage. Ran right past a cop in a parking lot lighting this thing to throw it at them. The cop made me throw it and my lighter in the sewer drain and sent me on my way. Times have changed.

:biggrin:

Can you imagine that happening today? Funny thing is I ran into that cop 20 years later and he remembers me and is still just as cool.
 

stoned-trout

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well I am glad we aint on the battlefield together ....start shooting back...a small cannon don't cost much and powder aint expensive...yeehaw
 

rykus

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Good fences make good niegbors I always heard.... Maybe take up an instrument, sounds like your home a lot.... Drums are fun!

At least ya know anyone staking out your place is going to be real unsetled,lol

I'd be pissed if they were trying to intimidate me too leave or shooting irresponsibly onto my land. If I saw holes in my fence I'd be less friendly about the whole scene.

When it gets down to how far you'll go or who has less to loose it time to leave....or
 

St. Phatty

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Good fences make good niegbors I always heard.... Maybe take up an instrument, sounds like your home a lot.... Drums are fun!

I was sort of thinking the same thing.

When I go to the shooting range, I bring video recorders to record the sound. OK that is wasteful (in terms of storage space) ... but anyway.

With all those audio clips, I'm slowly compiling a library of all different pitches of rifle sounds, with a bit of handgun in the background.

It's sort of working out, 6.5 Grendel is F Sharp above Middle C.


Anyway, record all those sounds, and you'll have ... a lot of sounds.

Then you just have to put it on Youtube and collect the advertising revenue, and share it with me !


Sound-wise, your neighborhood could be a cash cow. :tiphat:


Just don't get shot by your neighbor when you're positioning microphones.
 

purple_man

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high fambz!

some nice ideas muhahha

either join em or move the fuq away...

lets say you join their "club", you might communicate your concerns to them foolz and they might be even ready to think about your concerns (dont think so)

hence if you aint up for that kind of fun/challenge with the neighbours, get the fuq out of there ASAP

blessss
 

Space Toker

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I have yet to check all that everyone has posted, but thanks and keep it up! Those were no target shooters but anyway all is nice peaceful and quiet since I saw that cop... I don't like 'em but they have their role as does everyone and maybe he fullfilled his... If so, thank you sir. This is one crazy little patch of a crazy little town. I hear slaves were hanged behind our place, and a little further where this all took place is a tiny neglected 1776 cemetary of like 8-12 veterans where we used to pick wild blueberries and where our grandma from the "old country" taught us how to hunt for wild edible mushrooms... which I sadly wish I remembered how to do now...
 

Capt.Ahab

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It's only 10 am here but I can here someone down the road doing some target shooting. That distinctive sound of an AK or SKS.
Dosnt bother us in the least.
I love the sound of Freedom.
 

Space Toker

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eat the brightly colored mushrooms.....yeehaw

You have them then so stop being so shellfish already and shere them with the world including me, and I will salute you! :D
and it you won't you are a madman and I will see you get yours! ;)
what is your problem now?!
 

Space Toker

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well anyway, Monday at 11 here, another shooting spree, but just as it was ready to drive me nuts it stopped. I got to think the heat got there quicker I don't know, or they are finally wising up, but either way I am confused who is my friend or enemy now, at least just a little. I mean if you can't control yourself while exercising absolute freedom, you are worse than those that seek to suppess you, be an example or be singled out, not saying right or wrong, kind of sort of, but mote than that just saying have some consideration for the ones that work night shifts or old ladys or whatever, have consideration for your fellow human being. It can't be long enough till that happens again and we all have our role.
 
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