Man Shoots Neighbor Over Leaves in Randolph (MA)

[Astrocreep]

This just popped up on Drudgereport today:

Man shoots neighbor over leaves in Randolph

Some idiot shot his neighbor in the stomach over an argument about where they should dispose of dead leaves.
Glad to see the victim wasn't seriously harmed.
Two sides to every story and all, but seriously, how could he defend this choice? Maybe the other guy came at him with a knife or something...


It's things like this that make all of us look like freaks.
I wish the media would cover more realistic stories about gun owners protecting their families or preventing serious crimes.

 

[HandK]

How can you get from where the leaves go to shooting someone!!! Stop drop and roll. Oh wait thats fire, how about just walk away. I meen leaves are worth 15 years sitting in jail!!!.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Must've been some serious leaves.
Reminds me of a really nice man I used to know.
Had a flower shop in Muncie where my first wife worked part time.
Had a lovely house in the golf course neighborhood in Yorktown. (There was only one at that time.)
I watched leaves blow into his neighbor's lawn whilst I was painting the fence.
They were coming from the south. His neighbor would come home, survey the
lawn, and surmise that they had come from my acquaintence's lawn, being as he had trees and the neighbor didn't.
The neighbor would then fire up his leaf blower and blow all the leaves in his lawn on
north into my acquaintences lawn. EVERY DAY.
It got to where my acquaintence would be sitting in the den with myself and the ladies,
enjoying a drink and conversation, hear a faint whining, KNOW it was his neighbor's leaf blower, and race to the garage for HIS leaf blower to blow the offending leaves BACK to the south. Exchanging "OH no you don'ts!!" all the while.
I have one message for all of you who live in suburbia.
Ease up a little.

 

[Professor Thump]

Shoot... My neighbor mowed over 35 of my pine trees that were 2-4 feet tall and I didn't shoot him. The trees were 15 feet from his border. He said the would ruin the view from the back of his house to the north on an acre lot.

He also has a drinking problem. Duh!

I called the Sheriff and filed a report. He moved 6 weeks later. Out of sight... almost out of mind.

I planted and watched those trees grow for 5 years. What are you going to do? ...that's legal?

 

[Adrenaline]

People are nutty, it is people like this case that give all gun owners a bad name. Over freaking leaves? Come on now, just rake them up and haul them away to the dump...simple and no attempted murder involved. Is there any common sense left on this planet? I mean I am a woman and know I have it lacking at some moments...but really? Leaves?

 

[tenring]

Shoot... My neighbor mowed over 35 of my pine trees that were 2-4 feet tall and I didn't shoot him. The trees were 15 feet from his border. He said the would ruin the view from the back of his house to the north on an acre lot.

He also has a drinking problem. Duh!

I called the Sheriff and filed a report. He moved 6 weeks later. Out of sight... almost out of mind.

I planted and watched those trees grow for 5 years. What are you going to do? ...that's legal?

Criminal trespassing, destruction of private property, etc.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Must've been some serious leaves.
Reminds me of a really nice man I used to know.
Had a flower shop in Muncie where my first wife worked part time.
Had a lovely house in the golf course neighborhood in Yorktown. (There was only one at that time.)
I watched leaves blow into his neighbor's lawn whilst I was painting the fence.
They were coming from the south. His neighbor would come home, survey the
lawn, and surmise that they had come from my acquaintence's lawn, being as he had trees and the neighbor didn't.
The neighbor would then fire up his leaf blower and blow all the leaves in his lawn on
north into my acquaintences lawn. EVERY DAY.
It got to where my acquaintence would be sitting in the den with myself and the ladies,
enjoying a drink and conversation, hear a faint whining, KNOW it was his neighbor's leaf blower, and race to the garage for HIS leaf blower to blow the offending leaves BACK to the south. Exchanging "OH no you don'ts!!" all the while.
I have one message for all of you who live in suburbia.
Ease up a little.

Thanks, that is hilarious.
People are people no matter where ya go!

 

[bigray46725]

this is why STUPID PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE GUNS...........................

 

[Jack Ryan]

Shoot... My neighbor mowed over 35 of my pine trees that were 2-4 feet tall and I didn't shoot him. The trees were 15 feet from his border. He said the would ruin the view from the back of his house to the north on an acre lot.

He also has a drinking problem. Duh!

I called the Sheriff and filed a report. He moved 6 weeks later. Out of sight... almost out of mind.

I planted and watched those trees grow for 5 years. What are you going to do? ...that's legal?

I had a difference of opinion with a county road crew who thought the county right of way expanded when they got equipment that would reach farther. The sherrif department had to explain it to them before they could understand the concept of ownership verse public right of way.

Suddenly the next weekend I had some one drive 20 feet off the road and over a couple little trees. I painted 6 cinder blocks green and quit mowing the grass. Didn't help much, it still happened one more time a couple weekends later.

 

[Dogman]

I've got some extra leaves if anyone wants any..................free!

 

[femurphy77]

Shoot... My neighbor mowed over 35 of my pine trees that were 2-4 feet tall and I didn't shoot him. The trees were 15 feet from his border. He said the would ruin the view from the back of his house to the north on an acre lot.

He also has a drinking problem. Duh!

I called the Sheriff and filed a report. He moved 6 weeks later. Out of sight... almost out of mind.

I planted and watched those trees grow for 5 years. What are you going to do? ...that's legal?

4 flat tires aren't legal but. . . . . . . . . they have been known to bring certain members of this forum some small amount of satisfaction after similar tresspasses by neighbors

 

[Clay]

I rake my leaves with a lawn mower

 

[finity]

this is why STUPID PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE GUNS...........................

So who do you want to decide which people are too stupid to have guns?

 

[Glocker]

Bring out the gun for leaves? I'd shoot for lesser things ^_^ This man made a wise choice.

 

[dcary7]

So who do you want to decide which people are too stupid to have guns?

Well the government should.. I mean really they should regulate our actions and freedoms (like owning/carrying firearms) better cus they know whats best for us, amirite? lol

 

[Jack Ryan]

I never golfed much but I find a 9 iron to be very satisfying.

 

[DRob]

Decisions, decisions!

So who do you want to decide which people are too stupid to have guns?

Doesn't matter who decides. Whoever it is, there would be a lot of people giving up their guns!

 

[Astrocreep]

Every fall there's a house on 79th near springmill rd. that has one of those 3' orange plastic temporary fences rolled out on their property line. Keeps the neighbor's leaves (big oak tree) from blowing into his yard.

Problem solved.

 

[Cygnus]

What a whack job!

I'm actually in Randolph on a job interview.
I 'd go try and talk some sense into his fool but he'd likely bust a cap in me.

Seriously people like this are going to ruin it for me before I even get here!

Mass laws aren't that bad if you have a knowledgeable police chief(the further from Boston you are the better off you are)where you live. The chief decides whther to write certain restrictions or "none" on your license. A class A with a "none" makes exempt from the AWB. Weird, cumbersome but better than Illinios which kinda shocks me.
Also their AWB only applies to new purchases. New residents are allowed to bring their property without giving an inventory. New purchases will suck however......if I get the gig.

Now back to Randolph. I 'll be keeping off the lawns while I'm out here!!!

 

[Dryden]

I quickly got out my transom to survey and verify if my neighbor had any rouge leaves trespass onto my lawn. He's very lucky.....this time!