PSA - Don't be a jackass out there

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This is why we cant have nice things, places and privileges.
Those get taken away from everyone due to the actions of
a few.
We are now seeing the result of years of participation trophies,
"whatever makes you happy", no belt to the backside and never
hearing the word NO.
And after acting like a lunatic, pretending they're the victim.
 

11boo

WKR
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Feb 24, 2016
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Grand Jct, CO
Shooting at someone, who by your words one infers is 'throwing rocks up ahead', is at a decent distance that you could meander to a protective spot, but you proceed closer and closer yet? Sure, I wasn't there, but first action wouldn't be to shoot a 44 their way, while continuing into the path, making (based on what you wrote) no effort to do anything evasive.

You shoot at oncoming cars while crossing the street too?

Guess Montana teaches their wardens shoot first ask later..nice MO.

y'all are complaining about a guy pushing a rock, harmlessly, yet condoning, accepting, launching lead down range.

Id hate to be hiking above y'all at any point.

I was pretty close to getting my head caved in from cliff launched rocks, and when I yell for them to stop, it continued. Was it you up there?
 

Rich M

WKR
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Orlando
Shooting at someone, who by your words one infers is 'throwing rocks up ahead',

y'all are complaining about a guy pushing a rock, harmlessly, yet condoning, accepting, launching lead down range.
My post doesnt infer that.

The video was everything but Harmless. Google says they can be doing 190 mph. Good luck sidestepping.

Maybe you should spend some time in the woods and experience some of this stuff first hand.
 
Joined
Dec 31, 2021
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Montana
This isn't rocks but when I first moved back to Montana I found a general disregard for safety and private property. A general atitude that when the sidewalks disappeared, that you could do as you wished.

We suffered with drive by shootings. Entertainment was evidently go take a drive and shoot at whatever you could see from the road - gophers, house cats, horses - whatever.

At a political meeting I brought this up to our sheriff and asked for his advise. He said most of the county problems were closer to Helena hence if I filed a complaint, he would have to dispatch an officer from the north end to get to us. We both figured that it would take an hour at best for an officer to show up. He thought for a minute and said 'just shoot back - carefully'.

A week later while I was working on my barn, I heard a car stop on the road ( heavy tree cover) and then they emptied the magazine in their pistol into the trees. Three or four of those bullets hit my barn just above my head. I happened to have a pistol on the tractor and I fired back, as instructed, but placed my bullets into a tree on my place. I heard the doors on the car slam and the tires squeal as they took off almost immediately.

My kids grew up without injury as have my grand kids and I haven't had a drive by shooting since. Rumors in town seem to move fairly quickly.

Life among the population density seems totally different than for those of us that live 20-40 miles from any law enforcement let alone neighbors. It is rare that I wander around in the woods ( public or private) without adequate support.
 
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