Do you call the police?

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Holy smokes, is it ok for me to say that’s amazing?

I get that we’re from different parts of the world…For me guns are a reality and for you they’re a movie prop.

Wow does that put it in context. I’ve fired dozens of thousands of rounds in my life. You haven’t heard a single one.

(eta @renke - I don’t mean this in any way to denigrate you. As far as I know it could be a virtue never to hear gunfire. Either way it’s a fact.

Recently a friend visited, and in that short time we fired close to a thousand rounds between two sessions. That’s not atypical and I used to be a much more serious shooter/ccw carrier/hunter.)

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I live in Western Washington. In a city. In a city where it’s illegal to discharge a firearm.

And I hear gunshots at least once a week. Usually at night, and they usually sound like 9mm or .45 pistols.

They’re usually far enough away that I just ignore it. But sometimes I hear shotguns and it makes me a little uneasy.

This is western Washington. Not Texas or Idaho. It’s weird.

Although Washington’s reqs for a concealed permit are absurdly permissive.

  1. Go to police station with your ID and fill out a background check form.
  2. Pay the nice man behind the counter $45
  3. Wait a few days
  4. Receive your permit. Go buy a gun, you can now legally concealed carry. No classes or safety briefing or anything.
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fwiw, the handguns are more cause for concern at a distance than the shotguns, unless the shotgun owners are firing slugs. Some crazies do.

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The shotguns are someone else and a lot closer. Probably no further than a few blocks away.

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Yeah, “a few blocks” is about the line for concern if it’s just birdshot.

IMO it’s still a talking issue, if the shots aren’t going somewhere safe, but the police are a good (-ish, let’s be realistic…) last resort when someone is being reckless and won’t listen.

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And what’s weirder still is, it’s not a bad town or bad part of town. And we’re way too dense for anyone to be shooting anything more powerful than airsoft in their back yards.

I have the feeling that people are going to the park and shooting in there, where it’s clearly posted “NO AIR RIFLES”.

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Good rule, and it should say,

“NO AIR RIFLES OR LARGER”

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That was a couple of miles from me (if that). Here are the details, for those unfamiliar with the case.

FWIW I’ve called the cops before and since. I figure it’s at least tracked, if nothing else.

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even without your edit I was able to understand your Robin interjection. I am European, not stupid* : P

very foreign for me. shooting as sport is not unheard of, but I met only a handful of persons practising this. I scrolled down my phone book: one of the current contacts possesses a gun (to my knowledge)

* maybe?

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Just to drop off a $0.02…

Never for civil stuff - always causes more problems.

Always for life/death stuff, usually the fastest way to get EMT’s on-site. Granted, I have “care flight” on speed dial, so YMMV.

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The only time I have ever seen a gun fired in real life was at my Uncle’s Vietnam Vet’s reunion on an army base. They’d set up a range so that the vets could have a nostalgic couple of shots with M-16s.

(and I got to ride in an M-113 as it squished a car, which was fun for six year old me)

I have also never seen a police officer so much as draw their baton, let alone unholster a pistol.

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