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Well, last year I had a neighbor that lived behind my backyard fence in a small house. The property line was obscured with trees. We had great privacy. Then he sold his property and they built 6 townhouses on the lot. And took out all the trees. The first unit was rented this last spring. The town houses are ten feet behind my fence, if that, and now we have to keep our blinds shut because everyone can see directly into our bedroom and kitchen.
These are supposedly "affordable" 2 bedroom units that rent for $1650 a month. They don't take section 8 or any of the welfare assistance programs and are all rented by hard working people, at least 5 of the 6 units are. They are 900 sq ft units.
The first person to occupy one of the units, got in a fight with her boyfriend, screaming and yelling at 2 am. They woke me. That was during the summer and I was sleeping with my window open. The next day, I called the landlord and told him what happened and he said he'd talk to them.
He called me back and they said it was somebody else. I called BS on that as I watched them fighting from 20 feet away from my bedroom window. He said if I filed a police report if it happened again, he would kick em out. That was back in late June or early July.
Well, about a week ago, the same resident was fighting with her boyfriend outside, and the neighbors in the unit next to her were trying to calm them down. The boyfriend took a swing at her, I could see that much. But the neighbors threatened to call the cops, and the thug boyfriend left. The next night he was back, but left quickly after banging on her door and being told by their neighbor to leave.
I never made a report to the police, because I don't want to have my name on the report where the thug boyfriend and his thug buddies can come after me to harass or hurt me or my wife. As long as they stay on their side of the fence, I'm not getting involved. The last time, there were witnesses from the unit next to them. They can call the police.
I was talking to the guy that has lived next to me for the last 15 years, and he heard them fighting too. I told him that I saw the thug take a swing at the female. And he asked what I was gonna do. And I told him "nothing". If they stay out of my property and don't try to hurt me, I'm not doing anything. My neighbor asked me if I would use deadly force to help her if I could see him strangling or stabbing her. I said "Absolutley Not."
My neighbor knows that I'm armed and he is too. I explained to him that I am armed to defend myself, my wife, and my home. I am not armed to do the job of the police in protecting someone stupid enough to let a piece of bubblegum, unemployed thug live within her walls if he decides to use violence against her. If he's not pointing a gun at me directly, he's never going to see my firearm.
If he stabs her or something, and I see it, well then that's a job for the police. I'm not intervening with deadly force if my life or that of my wife isn't threatened. I don't want to go to jail, court, or go through a civil suit over someone I don't know, who was stupid enough to let an unemployed thug stay with her. And to let him come back after he's assaulted her, and she did nothing to help herself. I'm sorry, but my gun is staying in the safe.
What would you guys do? This seems to me to be a job for the police. Not for an armed neighbor to act like the police. As far as I'm concerned, if she doesn't want to arm and protect herself, and keeps letting this POS come back, that's on her.
These are supposedly "affordable" 2 bedroom units that rent for $1650 a month. They don't take section 8 or any of the welfare assistance programs and are all rented by hard working people, at least 5 of the 6 units are. They are 900 sq ft units.
The first person to occupy one of the units, got in a fight with her boyfriend, screaming and yelling at 2 am. They woke me. That was during the summer and I was sleeping with my window open. The next day, I called the landlord and told him what happened and he said he'd talk to them.
He called me back and they said it was somebody else. I called BS on that as I watched them fighting from 20 feet away from my bedroom window. He said if I filed a police report if it happened again, he would kick em out. That was back in late June or early July.
Well, about a week ago, the same resident was fighting with her boyfriend outside, and the neighbors in the unit next to her were trying to calm them down. The boyfriend took a swing at her, I could see that much. But the neighbors threatened to call the cops, and the thug boyfriend left. The next night he was back, but left quickly after banging on her door and being told by their neighbor to leave.
I never made a report to the police, because I don't want to have my name on the report where the thug boyfriend and his thug buddies can come after me to harass or hurt me or my wife. As long as they stay on their side of the fence, I'm not getting involved. The last time, there were witnesses from the unit next to them. They can call the police.
I was talking to the guy that has lived next to me for the last 15 years, and he heard them fighting too. I told him that I saw the thug take a swing at the female. And he asked what I was gonna do. And I told him "nothing". If they stay out of my property and don't try to hurt me, I'm not doing anything. My neighbor asked me if I would use deadly force to help her if I could see him strangling or stabbing her. I said "Absolutley Not."
My neighbor knows that I'm armed and he is too. I explained to him that I am armed to defend myself, my wife, and my home. I am not armed to do the job of the police in protecting someone stupid enough to let a piece of bubblegum, unemployed thug live within her walls if he decides to use violence against her. If he's not pointing a gun at me directly, he's never going to see my firearm.
If he stabs her or something, and I see it, well then that's a job for the police. I'm not intervening with deadly force if my life or that of my wife isn't threatened. I don't want to go to jail, court, or go through a civil suit over someone I don't know, who was stupid enough to let an unemployed thug stay with her. And to let him come back after he's assaulted her, and she did nothing to help herself. I'm sorry, but my gun is staying in the safe.
What would you guys do? This seems to me to be a job for the police. Not for an armed neighbor to act like the police. As far as I'm concerned, if she doesn't want to arm and protect herself, and keeps letting this POS come back, that's on her.
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