shotgun brandishing...

[timwilky]

One idiot call the police after he asked me if he had seen his dog and I told him it was in the shed and I wanted £5 for the goose it had kill. when he begrudgingly paid, I gave him his dog back in a sack.

Unless there is a public footpath, you have no rights to walk will nilly over private land. How would you like it if I took my dog into your lounge/back garden etc to have a crap.

Wandering about on private land, you destroy crops, disturb wildlife etc. Your dogs injure/kill lambs. Stick to the public footpaths. Glose gates behind you and clear up your ****.

Originally Posted by timwilky

One idiot call the police after he asked me if he had seen his dog and I told him it was in the shed and I wanted £5 for the goose it had kill. when he begrudgingly paid, I gave him his dog back in a sack.

****.

[G]

Originally Posted by 454697819

it is illegal to brandish a fire arm in public, ur sister made it public...

Fortunately the farmer was in 'his own private field' where he is within his rights to shoot whatever he likes, be it rabbits, grouse, foxes or other pest....he can brandish his gun if he wants.

If she was not on private land she would not have felt threatened.

[G]

Originally Posted by timwilky

One idiot call the police after he asked me if he had seen his dog and I told him it was in the shed and I wanted £5 for the goose it had kill.

Is that all a goose costs Hell I have always wanted roaming birds whether it be geese or ducks or chickens.....never looked into it as I assumed they cost a fair bit and I didnt know where to start looking to get some.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Bibio

and yes he did take the 'broken down' shotgun out of its bag then 'closed the barrel' then 'cocked it', weather he had the safety on or off i do not know...

It was either a museum piece or he did NOT **** the gun. Most shotguns are 'cocked' by the action of closing. Most also have the safety come on automagically when the gun is closed. The big question is did he load it?

Originally Posted by Bibio

a simple what are you up to (although this should have been obvious) would have done.. not a rant and rave and threatening behaviour act...

Agree totally.

I wonder if he cocked it like The Terminator by shaking it up and down?!

(Honestly not taking the mick Bibio - it is just a funny image in my head of a farmer trying to act like the Terminator!)

Originally Posted by G

Fortunately the farmer was in 'his own private field' where he is within his rights to shoot whatever he likes, be it rabbits, grouse, foxes or other pest....he can brandish his gun if he wants.

If she was not on private land she would not have felt threatened.

Id call the police... claim attempted murder..???


or get an even bigger gu,,,,,, no I am just getting carried away now

For attempted murder I would have thought you actually have to try, or be seen to try, to murder someone. That is clearly not the case here.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by G

Is that all a goose costs Hell I have always wanted roaming birds whether it be geese or ducks or chickens.....never looked into it as I assumed they cost a fair bit and I didnt know where to start looking to get some.

It was a long time ago. Cost of goose was probably a pound at the time. but heck I had to also fund two cartridges and a sack. Plus there was my labour to clean/oil my shotgun afterwards and to carry back the goose and dog.

I think I should have hung that dog on the fence with the other vermin. Pity we are not allowed to shoot humans who trespass. I still carry a scar on my right leg from a little old lady who did not know that particular law when she emptied a barrel on 8 year old me. My fault I should not have stepped off the footpath

Originally Posted by Luckypants

It was either a museum piece or he did NOT **** the gun. Most shotguns are 'cocked' by the action of closing. Most also have the safety come on automagically when the gun is closed. The big question is did he load it?



Agree totally.

i agree with luckypants here. been a while since ive used a shtogun which needed cocking!

the farmer has every right to shoot on his own land, even if he grows crop, he still needs to keep the rabbits and pigeons at bay.

Ive shot on lots of farms, all with permission, and even at night i come across people tresspassing, often walking dogs. Obvioulsy i always take caution in all shooting and check backstops etc but these people should not be there, and more often than not try to excuse their tresspassing with right to roam rubbish.

the farmer should not have used the shotgun in a threatening way, that is illegal, but posessing a loaded gun on your own land is perfectly legal, tresspassing is not.