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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 08:42 PM
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Just what I wanna hear as I try to relax in the evening- gunfire.
Sounds like a powerful handgun, probably about half a block away.

Lovely. :sarcasm:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 08:47 PM
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1. My dear Prisoner_Number_Six...
Oh, lovely...

Nothing like the sounds of handgun fire to make you feel safe...


NOT!


:scared:
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 09:04 PM
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5. Could be a cop
They had one of those little portable police towers set up in the parking lot across the street earlier today- the one they can raise up about twenty five feet. Mirrored windows, 360 degree angle of vision- hopefully they'll stay for a while and calm the block down a bit. I live on the edge of what they call the 'Hood (named with good reason).

Such is life.
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-11-08 07:56 PM
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12. could be a cop and that's better how?
i could tell a long story how if the cops are on the driveby bad guy's side then you won't be happy but i won't bore you

trust me there is nothing positive in "it could be a cop"

you're new to this

"it could be a cop" is not a good thing
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 08:49 PM
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2. So...
did you return fire?
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 09:00 PM
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4. They're outside the range of my shotgun
...at least so far...
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 09:05 PM
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6. You need a weapon with...
more range.
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 08:51 PM
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3. Thank the gun control people.
Used to be you could own a silencer for your handgun.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-11-08 07:57 PM
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13. Well golly, if it ain't used to be yer used ter could have and goldang hushpuppy on yer sixshooter
:eyes:
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-11-08 08:05 PM
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14. The O.P. was complaining about the noise.
Thanks to gun control laws you have to get a tax stamp for a silencer. It seems to me if silencers were not so difficult to obtain the original poster would not be disturbed by the gunfire. I am sorry if I offended you in some way, perhaps I should have worded it better. :headbang:
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 09:10 PM
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7. Shoot
That sucks.
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BeachBaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 09:14 PM
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8. Is there a grassy knoll involved?
A second gunman?

I know, I'm a dork - just trying to make you smile.

Hang in there.
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-10-08 09:18 PM
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9. That's about thirty or so miles away from me.
It really is an important place to visit, at least once- you can almost still feel the tension still hanging in the air.
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-11-08 07:52 PM
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10. Eh, it's a semi-regular occurrence around here too.
I'm also on the edge of a bad area.
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-11-08 07:54 PM
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11. welcome to new orleans
Edited on Fri Apr-11-08 07:55 PM by pitohui
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance
I'm getting used to it now


one thing i've learned in this life, people can get used to anything, altho i would appreciate if never again anyone actually fired INTO my house
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