Beaglecrazy
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Several months back I caught the neighbor kid who lives at the back of my property pointing a gun at my dog. When I walked out into my yard, he spotted me and raised the gun and aimed it at me. He started firing it, but being familiar with firearms, I could tell from the noise that it was not a real gun. I was trying to determine if the gun was a BB, pellet or cap gun while he angrily aimed the gun and continued to fire. Finally I determined it must be a cap gun, as I was not being hit with anything.
The angry expression on his face and his DELIBERATELY aiming the gun at me stunned me, keep in mind this kid is about 5th or 6th grade. I stared at him a while and he just kept firing his cap gun directly at me.
I turned around to go inside my house and I could still hear the pop, pop, pop of the cap gun. I knew he was "shooting me in the back". I turned around and sure enough his aim was still on me. I turned away from him again and still the shooting went on. I turned around again. At this point a tree had partially obstructed his view, and he had to move around it to get a better shot at me. I could not believe what I considered deviant behavior, as I had cap guns as a kid as did other kids in our neighborhood,
but none of us acted like this kid, shooting an adult and the ANGER on his face. I went inside my house somewhat rattled by this aggression. I thought about going over to talk to the parents, but I figured they'd think I was some kind of a nut....upset with their kid over a cap gun. The next day I talked to a few people about my experience and they were appalled and said I should call the police or DFS or the hotline to prevent school violence. So I called our sheriff's department and they basically told me that since the kid did not use a gun with a projectile, there was nothing they could do. The officer did make the comment that the kid seems to "have some issues". I had hoped the cops would go over and talk to the parents about their kid's aggression towards an adult, but they didn't seem to want to be bothered, so I am have to laugh when they preach about reporting kids who might be at risk for school violence. To my way of thinking an aggressive kid like this looks like such a risk. I can only hope the parents don't have a real gun. My neighbor said that if he had done such a thing as a kid, he would have been taken out to the wood shed and made to apologize. I guess those days are long gone. So, what do you think is the deal with this kid? Or am I making too much out of a mole hill. I forgot to mention, that I have caught this kid throwing rocks at my dogs in the past, so I keep a look out for him when I hear my dogs barking.
The angry expression on his face and his DELIBERATELY aiming the gun at me stunned me, keep in mind this kid is about 5th or 6th grade. I stared at him a while and he just kept firing his cap gun directly at me.
I turned around to go inside my house and I could still hear the pop, pop, pop of the cap gun. I knew he was "shooting me in the back". I turned around and sure enough his aim was still on me. I turned away from him again and still the shooting went on. I turned around again. At this point a tree had partially obstructed his view, and he had to move around it to get a better shot at me. I could not believe what I considered deviant behavior, as I had cap guns as a kid as did other kids in our neighborhood,
but none of us acted like this kid, shooting an adult and the ANGER on his face. I went inside my house somewhat rattled by this aggression. I thought about going over to talk to the parents, but I figured they'd think I was some kind of a nut....upset with their kid over a cap gun. The next day I talked to a few people about my experience and they were appalled and said I should call the police or DFS or the hotline to prevent school violence. So I called our sheriff's department and they basically told me that since the kid did not use a gun with a projectile, there was nothing they could do. The officer did make the comment that the kid seems to "have some issues". I had hoped the cops would go over and talk to the parents about their kid's aggression towards an adult, but they didn't seem to want to be bothered, so I am have to laugh when they preach about reporting kids who might be at risk for school violence. To my way of thinking an aggressive kid like this looks like such a risk. I can only hope the parents don't have a real gun. My neighbor said that if he had done such a thing as a kid, he would have been taken out to the wood shed and made to apologize. I guess those days are long gone. So, what do you think is the deal with this kid? Or am I making too much out of a mole hill. I forgot to mention, that I have caught this kid throwing rocks at my dogs in the past, so I keep a look out for him when I hear my dogs barking.
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