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

Originally Posted by MattyP

Well it's hard for me to be objective having never lived in a rural area - im a city dweller. But perhaps hearing the odd rifle shot is normal, but hearing a whole heap in rapid succession (people getting carried away with clays) may be a bit different? I don't know. It could just annoy you not being told, and that's enough.

Either way I just wouldn't want to risk the drama and would have let the neighbours know. Right or wrong, this whole thread is an example of what can happen if you do just risk it.

Alexandra over Easter sounds like the Somme

Originally Posted by GravelBen

The really very low number of accidental shootings? Whats the average, 2-3 per year? Most of which are people failing to identify their target in the bush.

By that logic we should call the police whenever we see a car driving down the road, just in case it does something dangerous. And there are an awful lot of drownings (far more than shootings), so we better call the coastguard or SAR every time we see someone in the water. And from memory its skiing/snowboarding that has the highest sports accident rate, so when we see someone heading up to a skifield we should call an ambulance too right?

Hey, if calling AOS for some fireworks is justified I should call the cops because the neighbour mowing his lawn sounds a bit like it might be a speeding car. Won't somebody think of the children!

That aside, I definitely agree that the OP should get a lawyer.

The sport with the most fatalities is Lawn Bowls


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Originally Posted by Kscott

Alexandra over Easter sounds like the Somme

Southland on the opening weekend of duck shooting is about the same, you can even hear it living in town!

Originally Posted by Kscott

Alexandra over Easter sounds like the Somme

Yep, its all on here. Have heard of a couple of nice heads been taken. I'm not up the hill today yet cos of the mad moron rush as it does get dodgy with so many people in the wilds. Not even sure that the stags are roarin yet, shouldn't be far from it if they'e goin to as the farm deer have been going for a couple of weeks.

Moral of the story?

Invite your neighbours to your bomb-ups. My next door (300m next door) neighbours son shot his first rifle two weeks ago off my deck. He's hooked now. He is considering a licence to go hunting and his non-shooting parents are fully supportive, keen to get him outdoors a bit more

A little bit of PR goes a long way. Last week we were parked at a lookout on a highway, re-arranging two deer carcasses on the ute tray. An elderly couple pulled up at the lookout, but didn't see what we were doing. When they did see us all camo'd up and shuffling animal body parts, the looks on their faces wasn't good. Slightly worried. A quick wave, hello and a conversation about their trip eased their minds. Under the publics gaze, we have to do our best to be seen as responsible, normal people. PR is the keyword here

Originally Posted by Sidney

How do people know that you are shooting safely on your property?

Why should people assume that you are being safe when they don't actually know? What would you suggest that the person do if not call the police - jump the fence onto your property and come over to see if everythings OK?

If somebody entered your property and was shooting on it unlawfully, would you be happy that the neighbours rang the police then? If that person was shooting at you maybe?

How would you expect them to know the difference if the shooting was not advised or was infrequent or uncommon?

The difference between bird scarers and rifle shots is that bird scarers can't kill anybody... bird scarers are not infrequent or uncommon and people expect to hear them in areas around orchards etc..

You may find less people report gun shots when there are bird scarers around...

Frankly.. you maybe would fit better in a less complex world, lower population density, less mass shootings, a lower urban and a rural population familiar with a simpler time. Or maybe you could adjust, and start being more cognisant of the time that you now live in... or just keep on shooting without thinking about the issues and see how long you get to keep your firearms for?

A tad patronising...re birdscarers...most gas guns which are either set wrong, malfunction or have corrupted light sensor covers which can cause them to continue to go off during the night are not reported to the police but to either the council or the manager/owner of the vineyard...there can be little or no confusion regarding the difference between a gunshot and a gas gun...

so a bit of an update, went to court monday morning, talked to the lawyer, he looked at all my measurements and also where we were from the google earth images i produced, nearly instantly he said not guilty and stated that is the plea he would give, so he put in my not guilty plea, he spoke with the prosecutor, who was looking into it and stated that it would get withdrawn, today i got a phone call to state that the case has been withdrawn

Have you got your licence and firearm back?

that is getting sorted out at the mo and should have it all back by the end of the week

Good result mate, maybe a good lesson learnt though ay? Make sure those neighbours know whats happening when there is going to be gunshots

Maybe a good lesson for the Police too.
Tristan was the victim here.

Glad to hear you got a decent lawyer mate.

Good outcome. Glad to hear.

now go back and do exactly the same and tell them to piss of next time

I guess learning isn't your strong point

this is where you are wrong we have been putting up with this shit for more than 20 years the more you do it the better .

just like here we are not allowed to transport a firearm in a way as to alarm the public soooo it's been so long since they

have seen a gun when they do it's on the phone to the ignorant cops .

the more the public see and hear guns the better .

now i for one would be talking to a solicitor and taking action for their ignorance and overreaction .