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I had to put the fear of god into some kids!
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I was out in my storage building doing a couple things and my kids came and got me saying that there was someone out in the woods throwing stuff at them. I just so happened to have a shotgun in the building with me at the time.
I grabbed the shotgun loaded with turkey shot at walked out that way. I'll tell you you never heard anyone take off so quick! I held that shotgun in plain view and just started walking towards the direction and you heard branches breaking and a ton of racket!
I doubt they will do that crap again![;)][:D][;)][:D][;)][:D]
I grabbed the shotgun loaded with turkey shot at walked out that way. I'll tell you you never heard anyone take off so quick! I held that shotgun in plain view and just started walking towards the direction and you heard branches breaking and a ton of racket!
I doubt they will do that crap again![;)][:D][;)][:D][;)][:D]
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Gotta watch your six these days, GRD.[;)]
*-r-Die !![8)]
"I swear Dad, me and Jimmy-John were just walking in the woods and this crazy man with a shotgun started chasing us! His grass really needed to be mowed, too!"
Gotta watch your six these days, GRD.[;)]
Those woods are my property and they are well posted for no trespassing. So they had no buissness out there anyway.
And even if there was a problem with the other all I would have to say is I was not going walking out in tyhe woods at night without a gun on me.[;)]
nice flag in your sig line[;)][:D]
I don't see it ...my sig line stuff is turned OFF
I don't know what the age of the "kids" were, but I never address anyone including adults with a gun in hand unless I am in fear of my life or someone elses an I think I need to defend them with deadly force.
While I agree that they probably got a shock, approaching someone with a gun could justify an armed response, and I doubt a gunfight over "kid" stuff was what you wanted. I would also not want to teach my kids that armed response should be used in non-life-threatening situations.
I would be willing to bet that if you would have approached them in an authoritative adult manner, they would have had the same response and no guns would have been needed.
I'm not critizing you in any way because I wasn't there to see what went on, and I would have had to be in your position and circumstances to know how I would have reacted, and obviously, I wasn't there, so no "judgement" intended from here. I'm just saying sometimes reaction is not the best action to take.
If the kids were young adults (18'ish) and you were outnumbered, I support protecting yourself, your family and your property as needed.
Take care my friend. Be safe, defend you and yours, and if those "kids" are old enough, watch your back incase the decide they need to respond in kind.
GRD,
I don't know what the age of the "kids" were, but I never address anyone including adults with a gun in hand unless I am in fear of my life or someone elses an I think I need to defend them with deadly force.
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Brandishing a firearm towards some unarmed kids is a quick ticket to a felony conviction and never being allowed to legally own a firearm again. It doesn't matter if it's your property or not, I can't stand on my front lawn with a shotgun in hand without having the police there in five minutes with guns drawn, they're not going to give a spit where your property line is when they get a call about some guy chasing after some 13-year olds with a shotgun.
Whole piont to the matter is I had no idea of thier age or how many there were. All I knew for sure is that there was someone out in my woods throwing stuff at my kids.
I know that it was probly nieghborhood kids and even can make an educated guess as to which kids it was. But with me going to go check it out without 100% facts I was well within my rights to go out into the woods on my property armed like I was. Hell I have guns on me in plain sight while on my property all the time and have never had a problem. I have even had guys on the sheriffs dept stop while driving by just to check out what I have. So I am not worried in the least about a brandishing charge out here.
that is why I will NEVER live north of the mason dixon line,,,here where I live not only do I walk out into the yard fully armed but I will pop off a few when the mood strikes me and the only time the police might stop buy is to see what I am shooting and talk guns and drink a glass of ice tea
quote:I can't stand on my front lawn with a shotgun in hand without having the police there in five minutes with guns drawn, they're not going to give a spit where your property line
that is why I will NEVER live north of the mason dixon line,,,here where I live not only do I walk out into the yard fully armed but I will pop off a few when the mood strikes me and the only time the police might stop buy is to see what I am shooting and talk guns and drink a glass of ice tea
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that was stupid kid stuff. if somebody meant serious harm to your children, they would be throwing one of two things. 1)candy(pedophiles) or 2)hand grenades(armed combatants). shoot either and you wont here a peep out of me. but you approached neighborhood kids horsing around with a shotgun? thats a blatant over reaction.
as mentioned, holler at em. approach and conduct yourself in an adult and stern manner and be done with it. if that had been my children(of which its well know i have none but my opinion is still valid), even as an avid supporter of gun rights, i would have pressed charges against you in a heartbeat. you were in the wrong.
and please save this "i will do anything to protect my family" crap. there was no significant threat.
N.B. while the above is in response to grd's post, it isnt directed specifically at him, but at all who wither agree with his action or have acted similarly.
its stories like these that frequently make me wonder if some of the members here will enjoy prison.
that was stupid kid stuff. if somebody meant serious harm to your children, they would be throwing one of two things. 1)candy(pedophiles) or 2)hand grenades(armed combatants). shoot either and you wont here a peep out of me. but you approached neighborhood kids horsing around with a shotgun? thats a blatant over reaction.
as mentioned, holler at em. approach and conduct yourself in an adult and stern manner and be done with it. if that had been my children(of which its well know i have none but my opinion is still valid), even as an avid supporter of gun rights, i would have pressed charges against you in a heartbeat. you were in the wrong.and please save this "i will do anything to protect my family" crap. there was no significant threat.
N.B. while the above is in response to grd's post, it isnt directed specifically at him, but at all who wither agree with his action or have acted similarly.
I hate to tell you but by South Carolina state law I was not in the wrong!
And you cannot tell me that in any state that if an officer was going into some unlit woods to investigate something that was even a slight possible threat that they would not do so with guns drawn!
Since I posted this I even talked with a local sheriff deputy and he laffed and said that I did exactly as he would have! I never pointed the gun at anyone (I had the barrel safely pointed up) and went into those woods anounceing the fact that I was armed. It was after I said that I heard the breaking branches of people takeing off.
Plain and simple I never put anyone into danger! All I did was give a message not to screw around on my property!
Since I posted this I even talked with a local sheriff deputy and he laffed and said that I did exactly as he would have!
All I did was give a message not to screw around on my property!
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Two questions Kevin,
1.Does the local sheriff deputy that you talked with live in the same trailer park as you do?
2. Do you pay rent on all the land behind your trailer or just the lot that your trailer sits on and the real landowner just lets you have use of the other land?
Since I posted this I even talked with a local sheriff deputy and he laffed and said that I did exactly as he would have!
All I did was give a message not to screw around on my property!
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Two questions Kevin,
1.Does the local sheriff deputy that you talked with live in the same trailer park as you do?
2. Do you pay rent on all the land behind your trailer or just the lot that your trailer sits on and the real landowner just lets you have use of the other land?
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It is not a trailer park but I will answer this.
On my rental agreement I rent the entire 3 acres of land for the lot that my mobil sits on. My landlord has told me that I can do with the land as I wish as long as I do not destroy it. I have gone out and cut down trees as the start of a true 200 yard shooting range and an area to hunt at.
The deputy that I talked with does patrol this area. He has stopped by on several accations when I have had guns out (either getting ready to shoot or while I'm cleaning them) and stopped just to shoot the bull with me. He is one who is amazed at a couple of the things that I have so he allways stops to see if I have anything new if he catches me outside. He is a real nice guy that has said that he needs to come by one day when he is off duty and go shooting with me out back (I shoot out there all the time).
what kinda "stuff"
Your kids can go out back in the dark and play, but you have to grab a shotgun to go out back in the dark to yell at some kids? What am I missing here? Don
My kids don't go into the uncleared woods at night. Whoever was out there was in the woods throwing stuff up towards the house were my kids were on the lawn playing.
They were back far enuff in the darkened woods that you could not see who it was.
Like I said by our laws here I was well within the law.
The kids that I believe it was have bullied my kids in the past and this was just another way for them to do this.
quote:there was someone out in the woods throwing stuff at them
what kinda "stuff"
I believe it was small rocks.
What GRD did was fine. It's his leased property, on his property and the weapon was not fired at, or even pointed toward anyone. GRD lives in a redneck area and is just trying to fit in. [:D] Hell, I carry a weapon at night on my property, it's just concealed unless I need it.
Why do you folks with no balls even bother having firearms?
My first thought after reading your scenario was how you would have reacted, if your kids had came running home telling you a man with a gun chased them out of some woods where they were playing?
I would have asked them whose property were they on? If you keep your kids on your property, you need not worry.
If you let them run wild, you need your own * kicked.
My first thought after reading your scenario was how you would have reacted, if your kids had came running home telling you a man with a gun chased them out of some woods where they were playing?
I would probly tan thier rears for playing out on someones property without permission! And both of my kids know this so they would 1) never be on someones property when they do not belong there 2) If they did break #1 they would not tell me because they know they would get thier rears tanned!
I am the type of father who is not affraid to disipline my kids! That is why I get nothing but complements on how well manered my kids are![;)][:D]
What a bunch of wussies.
What GRD did was fine. It's his leased property, on his property and the weapon was not fired at, or even pointed toward anyone. GRD lives in a redneck area and is just trying to fit in. [:D] Hell, I carry a weapon at night on my property, it's just concealed unless I need it.
Why do you folks with no balls even bother having firearms?
don't blame ya kevin one bit, hypothetically if there where a law against it i still wouldn't give a rat's *, anymore the justice system only protects the criminals, a man has to do what he has to do
What would you do if you had kids and they told you someone pointed a gun at them even though a gun hadnt been pointed at them??? You are just asking for a confrontation from someone either a pissed of parent or the cops. Let me be clear I know a gun was never pointed. Its got nothing to do with balls its having a little common sence and thinking of what the consequences of your actions might be IMOquote:Originally posted by p3skyking
What a bunch of wussies.
What GRD did was fine. It's his leased property, on his property and the weapon was not fired at, or even pointed toward anyone. GRD lives in a redneck area and is just trying to fit in. [:D] Hell, I carry a weapon at night on my property, it's just concealed unless I need it.
Why do you folks with no balls even bother having firearms?
If your kid said a gun had been pointed at him and it wasn't, he's a liar and needs his * kicked. If you din't teach him any better than that then you need your * kicked. Just best to save yourself an asswhoopin' and stay off other people's property.
What a bunch of wussies.
What GRD did was fine. It's his leased property, on his property and the weapon was not fired at, or even pointed toward anyone. GRD lives in a redneck area and is just trying to fit in. [:D] Hell, I carry a weapon at night on my property, it's just concealed unless I need it.
Why do you folks with no balls even bother having firearms?
The wuss is the one who thinks he needs a gun to confront some kids, no matter whose property they are on. Some would call it common sense. Look it up, it used to be common. Don
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
What a bunch of wussies.
What GRD did was fine. It's his leased property, on his property and the weapon was not fired at, or even pointed toward anyone. GRD lives in a redneck area and is just trying to fit in. [:D] Hell, I carry a weapon at night on my property, it's just concealed unless I need it.
Why do you folks with no balls even bother having firearms?
The wuss is the one who thinks he needs a gun to confront some kids, no matter whose property they are on. Some would call it common sense. Look it up, it used to be common. Don
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Addendum: Then you need to quit being a wuss and confront GHD instead of me. Common sense dictates that if you don't know who your advisary is, you load for bear.
quote:Originally posted by dcon12
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
What a bunch of wussies.
What GRD did was fine. It's his leased property, on his property and the weapon was not fired at, or even pointed toward anyone. GRD lives in a redneck area and is just trying to fit in. [:D] Hell, I carry a weapon at night on my property, it's just concealed unless I need it.
Why do you folks with no balls even bother having firearms?
The wuss is the one who thinks he needs a gun to confront some kids, no matter whose property they are on. Some would call it common sense. Look it up, it used to be common. Don
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GRD handles the lightweight stuff around here. Don
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
quote:Originally posted by dcon12
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
What a bunch of wussies.
What GRD did was fine. It's his leased property, on his property and the weapon was not fired at, or even pointed toward anyone. GRD lives in a redneck area and is just trying to fit in. [:D] Hell, I carry a weapon at night on my property, it's just concealed unless I need it.
Why do you folks with no balls even bother having firearms?
The wuss is the one who thinks he needs a gun to confront some kids, no matter whose property they are on. Some would call it common sense. Look it up, it used to be common. Don
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GRD handles the lightweight stuff around here. Don
I refuse to handle your work![}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]
quote:Originally posted by dcon12
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
quote:Originally posted by dcon12
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
What a bunch of wussies.
What GRD did was fine. It's his leased property, on his property and the weapon was not fired at, or even pointed toward anyone. GRD lives in a redneck area and is just trying to fit in. [:D] Hell, I carry a weapon at night on my property, it's just concealed unless I need it.
Why do you folks with no balls even bother having firearms?
The wuss is the one who thinks he needs a gun to confront some kids, no matter whose property they are on. Some would call it common sense. Look it up, it used to be common. Don
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GRD handles the lightweight stuff around here. Don
I refuse to handle your work![}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]
Besides, only Dcon and and a few others have mouthes big enough.[}:)]