Reply #5: I agree with you [View All]

and I will repost this... and for thsoe who have no clue read it....

if you do not know truly the situation on the ground, and he does, you really have no way of judging, and neither do I, but I will take his report faster than yours

Now a reasonable person AWAY from the situation may assume that every red neck will show up... to the ranch that border's the ranchette... okay, given how the SS works, they are there to primarily protect their package, that is very unlike. I would not be surprised if the security teams are right now looking for ways to defuse this themselves... after all that IS their job. (worked around security personnel for ten years and can tell you some stories, one of them includes the SS... nice people and very professional by the way, though a tad quick on the trigger if their package should be in trouble.. that is their job)

Now a reasonable person will also look for very basic info on what may be involved so they can take appropriate emergency actions. Quite brutally honest, I have been expecting something far worst than a country boy making statements that from his point of view are very justified and actually also protected by law... here is the classic dilemma of freedom of speech, property rights and where your rights and my rights may be infringing on his, or his rights (property in this case, whether perceived or real) may be infringing on yours.

There is also a lot of stereotyping and assumptions going on. I am not there, so I cannot and do not what is truly larry's position, so I will speculate right now, again having talked to country folk over the years, not only in the US but abroad. He likes his privacy, and we all, coming from this damn cities (city versus country) are getting on his way. He is and has the right to complaint about it, and even if he wants to, to make a point. Now the shotgun may or may not have gone too far. I have no idea what distance he did it, or what ammo he used. He uses guns all the time, you don't, suffice to say that shotguns have a lousy effective range with bird shot or 12 gauge as they tend to spread in the air, and loose velocity quite fast. Hence why they are the proffered home defense and small game weapon. Again I was not there, but if he was far enough nobody was in real danger, but what he did is classic for the country... very classic, and it comes from the way of the country. And if in the judgement of the Sherriff he did it far enough inside your property, they may talk to him and warn him.. that will be the end of it. When we all leave, in spirit or otherwise, well Larry will be still be there... and that is how it works... now if he actually hurt somebody... bad... hence why to a point the portrayal of Missisipi burnign was not off, for the record not only in the US... and he also hates them Feds, btw.

Now a reasonable person may assume that his call will lead to a bunch of committed pro bush people showing up with 22 rifles or even assault rifles, yes a shot gun is scary, a 22 is far more effective as well as an AR... ok... so if this should go south, DUCK as in dive, again a reasonable person will look for cover and you have no training... I hear a back fire and at times I am looking for cover, automatic, so rehearse this in your mind, but don't let this scare you... fear is your worst enemy. Oh and if I could I would be down there, heck I might even take a pecan pie to Larry... and pay for a BBQ just to smooth things over, heck even drink a cold one, and clean after myself. He sounds like a cranky old curmudgeon living in the back country... who really wants his privacy back... and feels you are impinging on his rights, which brings me back to the classic dilemma.