rxer311
7 September 2016, 16:18
So I had a really interesting day at the range. I was at Milton Grove Sportsman's Club. I showed up and there were 2 old timers up on the rifle range. I headed on down to the pistol range with my new to me CZ SP-01. I hung up a target and started shooting. Through my ear protection I could hear some yelling going on. I looked up at the guys on the rifle range and they were up there just doing their thing. The commotion was a woman's voice, but I could not see her. I figured it was just one of the nearby neighbors having a good time.
I continued to shoot and the yelling died off. At this point I had put about 100 rounds down range and out of the corner of my eyes I could see this woman emerge from the woods from the trail that leads from the range down to our fishing lake. She had a rather nice camera. Then she proceeded to start taking pictures of me and my targets and of me shooting.
I stopped shooting and asked her why she was taking pictures. In a really demented voice she said, "you'll see. What you're doing is illegal!" I stared back at her and said she was on private property and she needed to leave. She took a few more pictures and walked back down the trail. After I secured my belongings I went down the trail to see if I could get a picture of her.
I walked back up to the rifle range and started talking to the old timers up there. Apparently that commotion I heard earlier was her entering the property from that upper area and was taking pictures of them. They had informed her 10 minutes before my encounter that she was on private property and she needed to leave. As she was leaving she was screaming obscenities at them as they tried to ignore her. At one point she screamed at them, "I hope you all fucking get shot and die!"
At this point we all decided that it was appropriate to call the police. An officer and his lieutenant both showed up rather quickly and took statements from us. They finally found the woman who is a disgruntled neighbor that hates guns and wants to get the club shut down. The lieutenant said that he shared the information with her that our club was completely legal and is grandfathered in under all state and local laws and that it wasn't going anywhere. He also put her on notice that the next time she stepped foot on the property she would be arrested and charged with trespassing.
The lieutenant and the officer were very cordial that sat and talked with us for about an hour. He told us that he completely supports us and that he is an NRA life member. He gave us some advice about using cameras and security devices that we could take to our leadership to get proof of trespassers and lawbreakers. He was also telling us about they days when he was a kid and would hunt rats at the dump in town and nobody would say a word. The other old timers there also told about the days in their youth when they could just go shoot and nobody would bat an eye.
It is just so insanely strange that there are those out there that are so extremely anti-gun that they would wish death on another human being. Welcome to America in 2016.
I continued to shoot and the yelling died off. At this point I had put about 100 rounds down range and out of the corner of my eyes I could see this woman emerge from the woods from the trail that leads from the range down to our fishing lake. She had a rather nice camera. Then she proceeded to start taking pictures of me and my targets and of me shooting.
I stopped shooting and asked her why she was taking pictures. In a really demented voice she said, "you'll see. What you're doing is illegal!" I stared back at her and said she was on private property and she needed to leave. She took a few more pictures and walked back down the trail. After I secured my belongings I went down the trail to see if I could get a picture of her.
I walked back up to the rifle range and started talking to the old timers up there. Apparently that commotion I heard earlier was her entering the property from that upper area and was taking pictures of them. They had informed her 10 minutes before my encounter that she was on private property and she needed to leave. As she was leaving she was screaming obscenities at them as they tried to ignore her. At one point she screamed at them, "I hope you all fucking get shot and die!"
At this point we all decided that it was appropriate to call the police. An officer and his lieutenant both showed up rather quickly and took statements from us. They finally found the woman who is a disgruntled neighbor that hates guns and wants to get the club shut down. The lieutenant said that he shared the information with her that our club was completely legal and is grandfathered in under all state and local laws and that it wasn't going anywhere. He also put her on notice that the next time she stepped foot on the property she would be arrested and charged with trespassing.
The lieutenant and the officer were very cordial that sat and talked with us for about an hour. He told us that he completely supports us and that he is an NRA life member. He gave us some advice about using cameras and security devices that we could take to our leadership to get proof of trespassers and lawbreakers. He was also telling us about they days when he was a kid and would hunt rats at the dump in town and nobody would say a word. The other old timers there also told about the days in their youth when they could just go shoot and nobody would bat an eye.
It is just so insanely strange that there are those out there that are so extremely anti-gun that they would wish death on another human being. Welcome to America in 2016.