04-23-2008, 03:28 PM
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"You can legally shoot endangered animals in most states, if they screw with your property."
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This is no doubt true. However; discharging a firearm in a residential area here is illegal, unless your life (not "stuff") is threatened.
When I hear a gunshot in my neighborhood, I call 911 as either someone's life may be threatened, or a firearms violation has occured.
My young son and I once witnessed a neighbor shotgun someone's pet.
The dog had escaped from it's yard and wandered onto my neighbor's property.
Another animal had been getting into his trash, and this dog (a friend of mine's) was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The first shot didn't kill it, and it dragged itself onto the road where my neighbor ran out in a blind rage and shot it again.
This person was a "sportsman", who regularly hunted birds and other game here. It made quite the impression on my son and I.
How many other of you firearm enthusiasts are as accomplished as this sh*thead?
I remain sympathetic to the problem of stray and neglected animals, but I have no tolerance for idiots that think guns are a first resort rather than a last.
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"You can legally shoot endangered animals in most states, if they screw with your property."
_________________________________________________________________
This is no doubt true. However; discharging a firearm in a residential area here is illegal, unless your life (not "stuff") is threatened.
When I hear a gunshot in my neighborhood, I call 911 as either someone's life may be threatened, or a firearms violation has occured.
My young son and I once witnessed a neighbor shotgun someone's pet.
The dog had escaped from it's yard and wandered onto my neighbor's property.
Another animal had been getting into his trash, and this dog (a friend of mine's) was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The first shot didn't kill it, and it dragged itself onto the road where my neighbor ran out in a blind rage and shot it again.
This person was a "sportsman", who regularly hunted birds and other game here. It made quite the impression on my son and I.
How many other of you firearm enthusiasts are as accomplished as this sh*thead?
I remain sympathetic to the problem of stray and neglected animals, but I have no tolerance for idiots that think guns are a first resort rather than a last.