"SteveB" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.infowest.com:
STUPID advice that will get YOU arrested for brandishing at the least. Without a credible lethal threat,you cannot "draw your gun" and threaten the complainer. That makes YOU the criminal.
Ah,now you suggest LYING to the police. Making a false claim to a LEO is a felony. And the OP did not mention the complainer making any previous threats.
There's no law against going over to a noisy neighbor at 3AM to complain about the noise. And it's NOT any legitimate threat by itself.
Take SteveB's advice and you can get put in jail,and lose your gun rights.
Unless you live in California, or some other state with highly restrictive gun laws, if he comes over again at 3 AM, draw a weapon and tell him that if he EVER comes over again, you will shoot him, kick his sorry ass, pepper spray him, or all three. And mean it. Immediately call the police and inform them what happened so that they will not get a call from him shrieking and screaming. When they come to respond, leave the weapon inside, and calmly explain what happened. It's even better if he knocks on the door, and the exchange of words happens while you're standing totally inside your house. They will explain to the idiot that you DO AND DID have the right to shoot holes in his sorry ass.
If he's on your property, you got him. Just be sure to tell the policeperson that he has made threats before and you were in fear of your life. In some states, you can just shoot him.
All a little serious? No. You want to take care of the problem or dance around it? The police can't/won't do anything. The justice system can't/won't do anything about it.
Handle it like a man. You're minding your own business on your own property at three AM and this wack job comes over. That's enough right there.
I live in rural Utah, previously, Nevada. Concealed weapon laws and "castle laws" are pretty lenient here when it comes to defending your home and family from people roaming around YOUR property at 3 AM.
Ask him to suggest what you should do to lower the noise. After, laugh in his face and walk away. I could understand his concern if you came home blasting the stereo with open windows.
This does not pass the "what would a reasonable person do in this situation?" test the legal world likes to use. A reasonable person would not use deadly force on a neighbor just for standing on his property to speak to him. Remember, this is a neighbor and not some stranger trying to break into your home.
I offered that solution in case the resident is more concerned with the happiness of his neighbor than his own convenience.
But should the emphasis be reversed - - -
"BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian media say a man was rearing a lion in his back garden until neighbors decided they had heard enough roaring and called police."
Yes, that's what some fools believe. Somebody insulted their girlfriend, so to prove what a man they are, they go find the guy, hit him and the one blow managed to kill him or leave him brain injured. Or they bring a gun, go challenge the guy and wind up using it. Most of these idiots wind up serving time.
Thankfully, there is no state in the USA where you can shoot a neighbor for simply walking over to your property or knocking on the door. The TX stature doesn't even come close to saying any such action is warranted.
What kind of person are you and what kind of moral values can you have that you think it's justified taking someone's life for simply coming onto your property? At most, this is a tresspass case.
Whether or not the person came on my property, I'd tell them to buzz off. If they ever were stupid enough to come on my property and complain, I'd handle it. It's that simple. Some situations are best handled by force, confrontation and violence.
"SteveB" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.infowest.com:
I lived in VT for many years. It is legal to walk down the street with a loaded gun in a holster anytime. And during hunting season, no one robs a convenience store. Who would pull a gun on a clerk when 20 people behind you are openly armed?
Jeff Wisnia wrote in news:ormdncrmW8h0WZrVnZ2dnUVZ_remnZ2d@choiceonecommunications:
I'd like to have one...or at least rent it. Got all these bad-asses around here in NC city with pitt bulls they've made miserable. Like to walk streets with em playing "Look at me.I'm bad.". Make a funny bark with head sliced up like ham steaks.
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