omg wtf at this thread

[speckledfrog]

Here's my take on it: kids shouldn't play in the alley.

[TrickyBob]

It's more than likely an air gun or paint ball gun; both look like "real" guns from a distance.

I don't know if I'd ever call the cops on someone for having a scary looking gun in their garage, when I don't know the whole story.

Lots of people shoot birds with pellet guns, bb guns, etc. Doesn't make it right, but it happens. There are laws about shooting around houses. If she REALLY wants to do it, she could call about him shooting the birds around the homes (you cannot shoot facing a home, you cannot shoot within so much distance of another home, so likely he IS doing something wrong) and then mention the gun.


ETA: and if it's a real gun, the guy is an idiot. A real gun left open to the air/uncontrolled temps of a garage will rust and lock all the mechanisms in the gun. (Which can cause greater bodily harm in the event of a misfire or something) So I understand the person who said "no real owner would...." if that's what they were getting at. 

[motzie]

Is it legal to discharge a firearm in a residential neighborhood like that? I'd have called the cops the first time I saw him shooting pigeons.

[TrickyBob]

May 8, 2013 18:11:12 GMT -5 motzie said:

Is it legal to discharge a firearm in a residential neighborhood like that? I'd have called the cops the first time I saw him shooting pigeons.

More than likely; no. The homes would be too close together. 

If I were her, I would call the cops on someone firing a gun among homes and let it play out from there. 

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May 8, 2013 18:05:42 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

Here's my take on it: kids shouldn't play in the alley.

Or in garages that are not theirs?

Maybe my goody-two-shoe self is not a good indication of what real kids do, but I'd never go into somebody else's garage.

I'm all about hypothetical anecdotes today.  LOL.

[TrickyBob]

May 8, 2013 18:15:35 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

May 8, 2013 18:06:11 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

It's more than likely an air gun or paint ball gun; both look like "real" guns from a distance.

I don't know if I'd ever call the cops on someone for having a scary looking gun in their garage, when I don't know the whole story.

Lots of people shoot birds with pellet guns, bb guns, etc. Doesn't make it right, but it happens. There are laws about shooting around houses. If she REALLY wants to do it, she could call about him shooting the birds around the homes (you cannot shoot facing a home, you cannot shoot within so much distance of another home, so likely he IS doing something wrong) and then mention the gun.


ETA: and if it's a real gun, the guy is an idiot. A real gun left open to the air/uncontrolled temps of a garage will rust and lock all the mechanisms in the gun. (Which can cause greater bodily harm in the event of a misfire or something) So I understand the person who said "no real owner would...." if that's what they were getting at. 

I'm not willing to stake kids' lives and well-being on "more than likely;" and even still, air guns and paint ball guns are still dangerous in the wrong hands.

Absolutely. Air guns and paint ball guns can leave huge welts that hurt. And you know, little eyes and such being hurt.

I just don't think she can call the police about a gun in a garage, she'd have to call about him shooting around homes and maybe work in the gun in the garage and being concerned?

[rex]

Why are random kids playing in his garage?

[Deleted]

If it's not some terrible, crime - ridden city, the cops will not have a problem stopping by. Do people think the police spend their entire shift flying around town, sirens blazing, arresting bad guys?

[TrickyBob]

Was the thread really that "omg" that the person felt the need to delete?? I thought it was pretty tame.

[pooh8402]

May 8, 2013 18:13:31 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

May 8, 2013 18:10:28 GMT -5 cjoy said:

No gun owner would be so reckless as to display a gun like that, so it must be fake! Lolololol. Yep, and there are no accidental shootings either.

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Just read a story last week about how a 4 year old accidentally shot and killed his toddler sibling.  The family thought the Crickett (rifle made especially for children) was unloaded.  Where they stored it?  In it's usual place.. the corner, leaning against the wall.  4 year old picked up his (yes, his) gun and took it outside to play with, pulled the trigger and shot the toddler in the chest with a bullet that was left in the chamber.

do you live near me? I read that in my local paper.

look, I'm from east Texas, where nearly every home has a gun or two and many boys are taught to shoot guns and go hunting at an early age. thus the market for children's guns. however, it is stupidity on the part of the parents to a) keep a gun loaded and b) keep a gun, even a children's gun, out in the open.

[usuallylurking]

May 8, 2013 19:58:02 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

Was the thread really that "omg" that the person felt the need to delete?? I thought it was pretty tame.

No I thought it was tame, too. It was a weird DD.

[pooh8402]

they don't need to, but they can. it's a sport here and can be taught safely at a young age. but that is supposed to include safe storage of firearms, which the aforementioned family did not do.

ftr, I don't hunt, have never shot a gun, and don't intend on my *future* sons hunting at a young age, certainly not before they've started school. I don't want to get into a gun control debate. I just believe that if one owns guns, whether they are adult guns or smaller ones sized for younger children, one should handle and store them safely.

[Deleted]

The first time my brother went hunting was age 6. He had his first gun at age 8. I also grew up in east Texas.

we are, le redneck.

[margotmacomber]

I have nothing helpful to add other than in my neighborhood (there are no alleys) everyone leaves their garage doors open.  It's a thing here, I don't know why.  I'm still getting used to it.  

[TrickyBob]

May 8, 2013 20:15:24 GMT -5 cjoy said:

May 8, 2013 20:07:15 GMT -5 AutumnRose25 said:

Why do young children need to be hunting?

Because it's their God-given right. America! Fuck yeah!

Did you read the follow up article to that incident where the family is like "Well, shiiiiit, accidents happen, y'all! She's with Jesus now! Guess it was just her time!" These people are fucking disgusting.

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WHAT?! That is disgusting.

I don't believe in giving young children guns, I hate that they make "child sized" guns, and I HATE that you can take a 6 year old hunting. A 6 year old hunting is just another doe tag for the father because the father is the one that ultimately shoots the gun; as guns are heavy and 6 year olds are....6 year olds! There is NO business for a child that young to be out "hunting", let alone owning a gun of their own. 

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May 8, 2013 18:15:35 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

May 8, 2013 18:06:11 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

It's more than likely an air gun or paint ball gun; both look like "real" guns from a distance.

I don't know if I'd ever call the cops on someone for having a scary looking gun in their garage, when I don't know the whole story.

Lots of people shoot birds with pellet guns, bb guns, etc. Doesn't make it right, but it happens. There are laws about shooting around houses. If she REALLY wants to do it, she could call about him shooting the birds around the homes (you cannot shoot facing a home, you cannot shoot within so much distance of another home, so likely he IS doing something wrong) and then mention the gun.


ETA: and if it's a real gun, the guy is an idiot. A real gun left open to the air/uncontrolled temps of a garage will rust and lock all the mechanisms in the gun. (Which can cause greater bodily harm in the event of a misfire or something) So I understand the person who said "no real owner would...." if that's what they were getting at. 

I'm not willing to stake kids' lives and well-being on "more than likely;" and even still, air guns and paint ball guns are still dangerous in the wrong hands.

Future BIL was shot in the eye with a paintball gun when he was playing paintball with some friends. He nearly lost his vision and had to have a fake lens put in.

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amurrica.

[malibu]

May 8, 2013 18:13:31 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

May 8, 2013 18:10:28 GMT -5 cjoy said:

No gun owner would be so reckless as to display a gun like that, so it must be fake! Lolololol. Yep, and there are no accidental shootings either.

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Just read a story last week about how a 4 year old accidentally shot and killed his toddler sibling.  The family thought the Crickett (rifle made especially for children) was unloaded.  Where they stored it?  In it's usual place.. the corner, leaning against the wall.  4 year old picked up his (yes, his) gun and took it outside to play with, pulled the trigger and shot the toddler in the chest with a bullet that was left in the chamber.

I heard about this. I could not believe it.