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30 is not that much if someone nearby is doing target practice. They're going to get someone killed some day, but the police don't care.

by Kye 5y ago

giantg2 5y ago
"They're going to get someone killed some day..." Most of the time - no. Most farms I know of have a good backstop, consistent with any "official" gun range.
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- Kye 5y ago
  There's kinds of farms. The kind nearby is the kind someone buys because they're rich enough to own a farm without caring about paying for it with the farm. A farm for someone who can't bridge the gap between their self-identification as a working-class conservative and the amount of money they have. I checked the particular neighborhood in the article, and it's all single-family homes, so probably someone in their backyard goofing off. A neighbor in a similar place liked to run around shooting squirrels with a pistol. The police never showed up. It was an awkward, anxious few years before he moved out. He also liked to shoot bottle rockets without regard for direction. I got buzzed a few times. Georgia is a land of contrasts.
  - pseudo0 5y ago
    From the article: > Shepard, whose apartment is in the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven, who told the television station that the couple woke up on Jan 16 to the sound of more than 30 gunshots coming from an apartment complex directly behind Shepards. Seems pretty clear that this wasn't a case of someone target shooting with an insufficient backstop.
    - giantg2 5y ago
      Pretty sure the comment i was responding to mentioned people on farms (not related to the article), but is now edited.
      - Kye 5y ago
        The edit came before your comment, but you must have had the page open already. The downside of HN being one of the last remaining major web 1.0 sites that doesn't change everything right under your efforts to interact with it.
  - powvans 5y ago
    This happened in Atlanta (technically Brookhaven). The police were looking for the source of gunfire reported at the 3600 block of Buford Highway [0] and the 911 call related to the shooting came from the 3100 block of Clairmont Rd. There are some single family homes in the area, but it's not low density suburbs or a rural area. As I said in another comment, this sort of thing is unfortunately not uncommon in Atlanta. My wife is an attorney and has worked on several lawsuits arsing from stray bullets hitting people inside in their apartments. For whatever reason, knuckleheads go out in the parking lot or the nearby wooded area and shoot off their guns. Tragically and inevitably someone gets hurt or killed. [0] https://www.google.com/maps/place/3600+Buford+Hwy+NE,+Atlanta,+GA+30329/@33.8500849,-84.3232136,1000m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f508836733a2b3:0x57efb290e729232b!8m2!3d33.8500849!4d-84.3210249 https://www.google.com/maps/place/3600+Buford+Hwy+NE,+Atlant... [1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/3100+Clairmont+Rd,+Atlanta,+GA+30329/@33.8485647,-84.3182576,1001m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f509468f83c235:0xba253bed4134487b!8m2!3d33.848565!4d-84.3160665 https://www.google.com/maps/place/3100+Clairmont+Rd,+Atlanta...
    - giantg2 5y ago
      Pretty sure the comment I was responding to mentioned people on farms (not related to the article), but is now edited.

30 is not that much if someone nearby is doing target practice. They're going to get someone killed some day, but the police don't care.

by Kye 5y ago

30 is not that much if someone nearby is doing target practice. They're going to get someone killed some day, but the police don't care.

giantg2 5y ago

"They're going to get someone killed some day..." Most of the time - no. Most farms I know of have a good backstop, consistent with any "official" gun range.

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Kye 5y ago
There's kinds of farms. The kind nearby is the kind someone buys because they're rich enough to own a farm without caring about paying for it with the farm. A farm for someone who can't bridge the gap between their self-identification as a working-class conservative and the amount of money they have. I checked the particular neighborhood in the article, and it's all single-family homes, so probably someone in their backyard goofing off. A neighbor in a similar place liked to run around shooting squirrels with a pistol. The police never showed up. It was an awkward, anxious few years before he moved out. He also liked to shoot bottle rockets without regard for direction. I got buzzed a few times. Georgia is a land of contrasts.
- pseudo0 5y ago
  From the article: > Shepard, whose apartment is in the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven, who told the television station that the couple woke up on Jan 16 to the sound of more than 30 gunshots coming from an apartment complex directly behind Shepards. Seems pretty clear that this wasn't a case of someone target shooting with an insufficient backstop.
  - giantg2 5y ago
    Pretty sure the comment i was responding to mentioned people on farms (not related to the article), but is now edited.
    - Kye 5y ago
      The edit came before your comment, but you must have had the page open already. The downside of HN being one of the last remaining major web 1.0 sites that doesn't change everything right under your efforts to interact with it.
- powvans 5y ago
  This happened in Atlanta (technically Brookhaven). The police were looking for the source of gunfire reported at the 3600 block of Buford Highway [0] and the 911 call related to the shooting came from the 3100 block of Clairmont Rd. There are some single family homes in the area, but it's not low density suburbs or a rural area. As I said in another comment, this sort of thing is unfortunately not uncommon in Atlanta. My wife is an attorney and has worked on several lawsuits arsing from stray bullets hitting people inside in their apartments. For whatever reason, knuckleheads go out in the parking lot or the nearby wooded area and shoot off their guns. Tragically and inevitably someone gets hurt or killed. [0] https://www.google.com/maps/place/3600+Buford+Hwy+NE,+Atlanta,+GA+30329/@33.8500849,-84.3232136,1000m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f508836733a2b3:0x57efb290e729232b!8m2!3d33.8500849!4d-84.3210249 https://www.google.com/maps/place/3600+Buford+Hwy+NE,+Atlant... [1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/3100+Clairmont+Rd,+Atlanta,+GA+30329/@33.8485647,-84.3182576,1001m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88f509468f83c235:0xba253bed4134487b!8m2!3d33.848565!4d-84.3160665 https://www.google.com/maps/place/3100+Clairmont+Rd,+Atlanta...
  - giantg2 5y ago
    Pretty sure the comment I was responding to mentioned people on farms (not related to the article), but is now edited.