10-08-2011, 09:57 AM
I doubt anyone is shooting a pig with a handgun at 2:30 a.m..
In general though, pig-hunting is the number one reason for guns going off in my rural area. The close neighbors here notify each other when they have a hunter trying to get a pig that has been ravaging. Typically it is at night, just not the wee hours.
The police can't do much if the gunfire stops and the location isn't narrowed down. It's still serious and unnerving. Someone could be dead because of drugs or a domestic dispute, and who would know?
If everyone who heard the shots did call in, at least the police would know roughly where the shots were heard. They are unlikely to canvas the neighborhood, though, without some evidence of a crime. I have to wonder how many people simply disappear.
In general though, pig-hunting is the number one reason for guns going off in my rural area. The close neighbors here notify each other when they have a hunter trying to get a pig that has been ravaging. Typically it is at night, just not the wee hours.
The police can't do much if the gunfire stops and the location isn't narrowed down. It's still serious and unnerving. Someone could be dead because of drugs or a domestic dispute, and who would know?
If everyone who heard the shots did call in, at least the police would know roughly where the shots were heard. They are unlikely to canvas the neighborhood, though, without some evidence of a crime. I have to wonder how many people simply disappear.