North Carolina man armed for squirrel

webindia123.com ^ | 8/6/05 | n/a

[kiriath_jearim]

North Carolina man armed for squirrel:-

RALEIGH, N.C. | August 06, 2005 4:11:38 AM IST

Squirrel-hunter Jason Williams is tired of his newer Raleigh, N.C., neighbors calling police every time he bags some of the rodents in his backyard.

The 41-year-old forestry consultant keeps a .22-rifle, equipped with a scope, in his kitchen and usually kills squirrels when they climb into his pear or fig tree. Williams has been hunting the varmints for years, long before new townhouses began sprouting in the wooded neighborhood annexed by Raleigh in the 1980s.

Development may have changed a former cow pasture into the Crabtree Valley Mall, but it has been legal to hunt squirrels, rats and pigeons in Brookhaven since at least 1959, the Raleigh (N.C.) News Observer reported.

A 90-day special permit is all that's required and Williams has his taped to his front door.

He said the first time someone reported gunfire a police SWAT team showed up at his home.

[ScreamingFist]

Yes city dinks, tree rats and pigeon are good eating.....and shut up about my .22 plinker, your boom box equipped auto's drive me nuts also.

[martin_fierro]

'Tis but a knave.

[Salo]

I just shoot them with a pellet gun - I think it's safer than firing a .22 in a residential area.

[ncountylee]

He said the first time someone reported gunfire a police SWAT team showed up at his home.

Lucky he wasn't shot for legal, safe and licensed activity.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

The 41-year-old forestry consultant keeps a .22-rifle, equipped with a scope, in his kitchen and usually kills squirrels when they climb into his pear or fig tree.

And if he misses and a stray bullet hits a kid exploring the neighborhood, he will set gun rights back 100 years.

[Hodar]

Development may have changed a former cow pasture into the Crabtree Valley Mall, but it has been legal to hunt squirrels, rats and pigeons in Brookhaven since at least 1959, the Raleigh (N.C.) News Observer reported.

Kind of sums up the whole discussion, doesn't it?

[ScreamingFist]

I just shoot them with a pellet gun - I think it's safer than firing a .22 in a residential area.

Yes, but pumping like mad while the other 4 runaway sucks, unless you have one of those fancy shmancy CO2 jobs......;)

[msf92497]

Pumping the Sheridan 5mm is good for the pecs!!!

[Pointblank]

You are right, he should use a shotgun.

[Fudd Fan]

[darkangel82]

And if he misses and a stray bullet hits a kid exploring the neighborhood, he will set gun rights back 100 years.

If that happens, he'll end up on death row, where gun rights will be the least of his worries.

[ScreamingFist]

And if he misses and a stray bullet hits a kid exploring the neighborhood, he will set gun rights back 100 years.

Ooofff. Go onto a Texas deer lease on the opening day of deer season, it rains .30 caliber slugs for miles around. This is some old man with a .22, and it's legal.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

And if he misses and a stray bullet hits a kid exploring the neighborhood, he will set gun rights back 100 years.

My dear yankee friend. If he has been hunting a long time, and is smart enough to both know his rights and defend them, I suspect he is wise enough to know which direction is safe.

[MaryFromMichigan]

In regards to the first picture,
I can clearly see you're nuts.

:)

[Shooter 2.5]

Before everyone gets in a tizzy, this is the second time the article was posted and the guy uses shotshells in the .22.

[tertiary01]

I got five last week with a dog and a BB gun. The dog does the dirty work.

[ScreamingFist]

Pumping the Sheridan 5mm is good for the pecs!!!

You have one also heh! Problem is it only develops one arm and now I'm all lopsided......