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1/27/2012 4:26pm
well after 8 years of owning my property and having a small practice track this asshole neighbor of mine went and pulled out the gun and fired off 5+ shots. all this while my 6 month old son, girlfriend, mom and friend sat there is disbelief. he followed it up with what i felt was a threat "this is how real men play". i was so pissed, kept my cool, called the police and filed my statement. they took his gun and now its up to the district attorney how this will play out.
The Shop
Has your neighbor complained before or has he just been stewing and boiled over? You been trying to do your part to keep it reasonable? This things can go very bad very quickly. Be careful.
H
A friend and I had a similar situation when we were Riding on our farm, 3rd year of owning the property this guy comes hooning down the road screaming at dad saying he's going to put a effin chainsaw through those bikes. Dad played it cool and let the guy say what he had to say and left. All dad done was made sure he wasn't in the wrong with the cops and didn't speak to the guy again. 2 months later the guy sold up and moved away.
Don't let the asshole get to you ,because obviously that is what he was trying to do.
Keep us updated on the outcome...
Hopefully the prosecutor goes forward with some type of charge to teach the guy a lesson.
I don't know you, what has being going on between the two of you, but this seems pretty messed up and the only solution I see if this guy is totally sick in the head, and you are the good guy is:
1. Try to talk to him.
2. If that fails, use the law.
3. Move.
Basically, if he's semi retarded, or just a piss-ant he probably feels the society are against him, nobody listens to him, he's right and everybody is wrong. Pushing it even further might create a Ted Kaczynski out of him.
So, I personally would put a hidden camera (you can get a cheap spy camera or sound recorder) and go and talk to him to make peace. Make him feel important, that his opinion really matters for you, that you really just want peace and if there's any hours he would accept you riding? Could you guys trade? Bring a bottle of Whiskey on top of that, many miserable guys in their fifties (?) digs the booze.
Yeah, I know he's a piece of shit, but try all options before there's no options left. He's probably just lonely and miserable...
Pit Row
But sure I might be totally wrong here...
I still agree that he did the right thing to call the cops. Totally right approach to start with...
Well, well...
Of course Canada is more like Sweden in that we're not shooting at our neighbors over a little noise. Maybe an olive branch can't reach as a far as a long range scope.
The Whiskey should be used as an example. Maybe he likes candy corn? Basically, everybody wants to be seen, a gift is just one way to recognise that person... If he doesn't respond to that, then we can at least say we did all in our power...
I think my suggestion is pretty clear by now.
We have about 800 acres in our riding club and our clubhouse and a small track is right next to a small rural highway. A neighbor to our riding club lives across the road and up on a hill. On a couple of occasions over the years while I have been at the club the neighbor has come right down by the road and shoots his gun (which is about 50 yards from our clubhouse). It sounds like he is target practicing with a large caliber pistol and it is very loud. It seemed to me that he was trying to make a point that he can be loud as well. At first it was a little unnerving but then I realized that whether he was just shooting for fun and meant nothing by it or he was shooting to be loud trying to make a point it really didn't make a difference. If he was doing it on his land he was fully within his rights and as long as he wasn't threatening anyone or harming anyone he has just as much right to shoot his gun as we have to ride our bikes.
It sounds to me like it could be a similar situation here. I haven't seen anything in what you describe as an actual threat to harm anyone if he did this on his land and he didn't actually shoot at anyone. If he came on your property and shot his gun that is a totally different deal and he should have had it taken away. If he was on his property I feel he was wronged. I think you have to be able to put yourself in the other person's shoes. I agree with the previous people suggesting that you talk with the guy and try and work something out. Offer some concessions in that maybe you can pick some time periods to ride when he's not around or a day of the week or time period that is mutually acceptable. You both have rights, don't trample on each others rights.
We give our neighbors turkeys every thanksgiving as a token of our appreciation (small price to keep the peace).
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