Gun Shots in Pt. Washington

[Pate]

Third time of hearing gun shots off E. Pt. Washington and Cabbage Rose Ln.!! Deputies came out (45 minutes later with a bad attitude) and pretty much said "oh well". . It is not from State park hunters, it is within probably 100 yds. from my house and my neighbor who knows guns says it sounds like a .357. If anyone in the area of Cabbage Rose Ln. hears these oh too frequent shots,usually around 9:00-10:00 PM - PLEASE call sheriffs dpt. and have them make someone accountable, where are the bullets landing???

 

[Matt J]

Not disagreeing with you, sounds annoying as all heck to me, but can't you shoot whatever you want in the unincorporated parts of the county?

 

[jodiFL]

Not disagreeing with you, sounds annoying as all heck to me, but can't you shoot whatever you want in the unincorporated parts of the county?

Yes you can. From my experience around here it is probably someone sighting in their guns since season does start soon.

PLEASE call sheriffs dpt. and have them make someone accountable

Did you know that you live on the border of a wildlife management area and that people DO hunt in there during hunting season?

 

[scooterbug44]

Sounds like drunken target practice.

Can you get them cited for something like "unsafe discharge of a firearm" ?

A .357 w/in a hundred yards of your home definitely qualifies in my book.

 

[jodiFL]

Oh, just to warn you...the civil war reenactments at Eden should be happening soon. They get very loud ..particularly the cannons.

 

[scooterbug44]

9-10 PM (also referred to as "night" or "after dark") is not exactly the best time to "sight-in" a gun for hunting season and any decent hunter will hit something with the first shot, not blast away!

 

[jodiFL]

I agree, but can tell you from personal experience, that calling the sheriff will do absolutely no good. I have had 2 different neighbors that shot guns off at all times of the night and I would call about them all the time. The SD told me that there is no law against it and the best way for me to handle it would be to try to talk to them about it. That didnt go over very well and they just did it that much more. And these people lived right next door.

 

[scooterbug44]

My neighbors with the incessantly barking dog & overly bright security lights are looking pretty good right now! ;-)

 

[Bob]

You can do everything right about picking out a place to live, and still be tormented by any one neighbor. That's very frustrating.

 

[Minnie]

You can do everything right about picking out a place to live, and still be tormented by any one neighbor. That's very frustrating.

Oh man, is that the truth. We have had some doozies. The best was probably the one that ended up having to be removed by the SWAT team and they had to use our house and yard as the command post.

My next home will come with at least 10 acres and I am going right in the middle.