Thread: What do you think and where do I stand?

Prick of a situation.

I would tell my neighbours if I was going to be shooting clays (or anything) within hearing distance. If there was going to be a lot of gunfire for example.

If I owned a farm i'd guess neighbouring farms would be used to the odd shot, but i'd probably still let them know when I first met them that they might hear the odd shot and it'd just be me picking off rabbits/hares/etc.

If they weren't receptive to it or asked that I not do it and I considered my property to be more than large enough for it to be safe....well. I'm not sure what i'd do in that situation. However I do think you have to give them the knowledge first of what you're doing. That immediately cuts down whatever assumptions they'll make when hearing shots. And you can also honestly tell the cops that you had warned the neighbours or discussed it with them. That alone would go a long way i'd think.

Imagine you're inside having a cup of tea and your kids are outside playing. In one scenario the neighbour has told you that him and some mates will be shooting clay pigeons, but aiming directly away from your house. In the other scenario, you just suddenly start hearing gun shots. Which situation is going to go better for the neighbour do you think ?

I can understand why the cops aren't receptive to you calling and letting them know you will be shooting. You're thinking it'll mean they can ignore complaints or something like that. Look at it from a more sinister point of view though. Imagine if you were going to shoot the place up and purposefully told the cops you were going to be clay shooting, just to try and delay their response time. They have to consider things like that.