XaXiS
join:2009-08-15
Canada Eh
| Idiotic neighbour
Situation:
New person moved in during the summer. As a good neighbour I help him move in and get to know him a bit. After a while we are hanging out quite a bit. My wife and I set him up with a friend of ours as he is single. After that happens we find out that he has a very bad temper, snaps like crazy, drinks non stop and is also suicidal and owns two firearms. Anyhow, things did not work out between the two of them and now he is taking the blame out on us. He called the humane society on us. They showed up this morning, I let them in and let them see the animals. They agreed that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the animals whatsoever. I explained to the person that this individual made a false report against us but understood why they had to come out. He has been a walking time bomb, and anything will set him off it seems. We have done nothing wrong to this person. Infact I taught him how to iron shirts as he did not know how to, and helped him out when he got drunk and ended up shaving his head. I am concerned that he will either do something to himself or others if he snaps like he has been known to do. I am hoping now that he has been recently diagnosed with depression, that the government will do the right thing and revoke his PAL licence, but I highly doubt that will happen. I would rather not move because I like it here, but might end up having to. Anyone have advice as to what I can do about this situation? I have tried on numerous occasions to talk to him about this, but he is not being rational whatsoever. |
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HiVolt
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join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
clubs: | Get some footage on video, show it to the police. |
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dirtyjeffer
Oh Yeah
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join:2002-02-21
London, ON | reply to XaXiS
what is a PAL license? |
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HiVolt
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join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
clubs:
1 edit | Possesion and Acquisition license for firearms. |
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XaXiS
join:2009-08-15
Canada Eh
| reply to HiVolt
It's hard to do. He stays at home all the time pretty much. It's an odd setup for an apartment building. The units are not side by side like typical ones. Only 2 apartments per level. He lives on the second level but on the other side. If anything I could probably take a camera with us when we take the dog for a walk if we see him and if he causes anything.
said by HiVolt  :Get some footage on video, show it to the police. |
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dirtyjeffer
Oh Yeah
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join:2002-02-21
London, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
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oh...well, it might be a bad idea for someone who is suicidal, suffers from deep depression and has a bad temper to have a PAL in the first place...good thing for the Long Gun registry. 
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XaXiS
join:2009-08-15
Canada Eh
| I did send an email to the RCMP PAL department about this and they wanted more info about it, so I gave them as much info as I could. Not sure if anything was done though.
said by dirtyjeffer :oh...well, it might be a bad idea for someone who is suicidal, suffers from deep depression and has a bad temper to have a PAL in the first place...good thing for the Long Gun registry. |
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Rifleman
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join:2004-02-09
p1a
clubs: | reply to dirtyjeffer
I suffer from depression and have a PAL with restricted weapons added.
If I was suicidal and didn't have a gun handy there is lots of other methods.
The questionnaire asked all those very invasive questions. |
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XaXiS
join:2009-08-15
Canada Eh
| He was not suicidal or anything at the time that he obtained the licence. This was recently diagnosed. he has had it for around 5 years now.
said by Rifleman :I suffer from depression and have a PAL with restricted weapons added. If I was suicidal and didn't have a gun handy there is lots of other methods. The questionnaire asked all those very invasive questions. |
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Rifleman
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join:2004-02-09
p1a
clubs: | Unless he threatens you directly with one or admits he's gonna use one to kill himself---being a law abiding gun owner----he is perfectly within his rights to own one. Great country!!
Saw a nice Ruger Mini 14 in Walmart for sale down here. |
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XaXiS
join:2009-08-15
Canada Eh
| He has said to the girl we tried to hook him up with before that he feels like killing himself, but that was said weeks ago and she no longer has the proof. She just feels he was saying it so she would feel sorry for him.
It's almost sounding like a soap opera now.
said by Rifleman :Unless he threatens you directly with one or admits he's gonna use one to kill himself---being a law abiding gun owner----he is perfectly within his rights to own one. Great country!! Saw a nice Ruger Mini 14 in Walmart for sale down here. |
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Rifleman
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join:2004-02-09
p1a
clubs: | I say that every morning----before the painkiller kicks in. |
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horsemouth
Please Clarify My CSP
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join:2002-03-13
canada | reply to XaXiS
You may want to move.
I am pro gun... but the last thing I want is to live next to a gun owner that has issues with me.
Are the guns legally locked ect? |
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XaXiS
join:2009-08-15
Canada Eh
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Most of the time, yes. The times I was over there however they were not. He did have the locks on the trigger on his 410, his double barrell did not have one. His ammo was in his linen closet. Recently he did however purchase a cabinet. I don't know if his stuff is locked away in there now or not as I have not been to his place in quite some time.
said by horsemouth :You may want to move. I am pro gun... but the last thing I want is to live next to a gun owner that has issues with me. Are the guns legally locked ect? |
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Rifleman
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join:2004-02-09
p1a
clubs: | That was my big fear about the registry----an irate friend or neighbor making a phone call. Grounds for a search. |
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horsemouth
Please Clarify My CSP
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join:2002-03-13
canada
·Eastlink Cable
| said by Rifleman :That was my big fear about the registry----an irate friend or neighbor making a phone call. Grounds for a search. That was my fear also.
Btw I think the registry is toast. It seems the crooks are not playing by the rules.
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XaXiS
join:2009-08-15
Canada Eh
| reply to Rifleman
The police don't do much out here unfortunately. He claims as well that he knows half of them as he used to be a volunteer fire fighter in his home town. One night when my wife and I were over at his place we were just sitting watching movies with him and he all of a sudden said "By the way you guys better never f*ck with me. I have cop friends and fire fighter friends"
We both kinda looked at eachother like "ummm ok?"
Our mistake was we should've never bothered to hang out with him anymore after that.
said by Rifleman :That was my big fear about the registry----an irate friend or neighbor making a phone call. Grounds for a search. |
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Kitlope
join:2004-07-29
Canada
4 edits | reply to XaXiS
This is why I don't become buddies with neighbors. Things are usually wonderful at first but then the darkside rears its ugly head. Its all just a matter of time. I went through this years ago in my early 20s with neighbors and since then have always led a low profile.
Currently, I live in a decent part of town in a rented Coachhome (just like a townhouse). There's a few families, some young people but overall most people around here are decent enough. Most keep to themselves it seems.
At the end of April there was some people (guy & gf + roomate) move in about 20 feet from where I park my car in the parking lot. They were always outside drinking beer and after a few weeks I finally joined them. I found out they were in their 30s & 40s. I only did this to be neighborley, shoot the small chat and would have a few with them and then go home (I politely declined beers with them a few times). After that I had a few beers with them 3 or 4 times over the next month only because they were sitting there and offered. I never stayed longer than about an hour or so. I guess the one guy, Chris figured we were now "buddies". He started coming over to my place looking for cigarettes, beers, rolling papers and all sorts of shit. It became a real pain in the ass and I quit answering my door or just telling him that "I didn't have any". It wasn't everyday or anything so was tolerable but still enough to start pissing me off.
One day, in July the remote for my car alarm chirped so I knew something happened to the car. I went outside to investigate and Chris, sitting there drinking beer, had thrown an egg at my windshield. I'm like "wtf"?
He laughed, said he would clean it and he did but did a shit job so I had to take a power nozzle to it at the car wash. I came back and gave him shit, but in a polite way saying that it was disrespectful. The guy didn't have a car and didn't have a pot to piss in so I knew that if I didn't handle this in a certain way my car would be jeapordized. Needless to say, after that nonsense I quit going over there.
All they did out there all summer and fall was sit out there and drink beer into the late hours, upsetting many neighbors. I quit parking in my own stall once the passive aggressive bullshit started. I parked on the road, out of sight of them (and a different walkway to my apartment) for the summer and fall until it got cold. When I started using my stall again there was always one of their buddie's vehicle in it (even though visitor parking was 40 feet away). I had told Chris that I was going to start using the stall again so *hint hint* don't let your drug infested friends park in it. Its funny when you have to deal with idiots because now I was the bad guy for wanting to park in my paid stall! Towards the last couple weeks of October it got especially bad and some real winners started hanging out around on their patio. One night, with about 6 of them whooping it up, one beat up looking broad said as I pulled up to my stall that had one of their vehicles in it "If you got something to say get out of the fucking car". I knew if I reacted though serious bullshit would start.
I was ready to go to managment but the girl that runs the place joins them sometimes for beers and was screwing the one roomate so I knew it would be fruitless. I would actually have to contact the regional office if I wanted any results but I was holding off.
But I remembered something from when I first met them ...
I recall they mentioned they were on a 6 month lease. Come around a couple days after halloween it got awfully quiet around there. Real quiet. Especially after all the action of October. They had left a light on in the main bedroom so when walking by (a sidewalk was just a few feet away) you could tell that they grabbed whatever was valuable. Pennies and bags littered the floor and a couple of old nightstands were left. Imagine my lack of surprise when just a few days ago I see all their crap at the dumpster. Couches, Tables, lamps, clothes, family pictures...all sorts of stuff. HaHa They did a Midnight Move! wooohooo! Or can you call it that when they leave most of their junk?
Its been almost 2 weeks since they have been gone. Thank god, peace and quiet has returned to the community.  |
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mr weather
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join:2002-02-27
Mississauga, ON
| You don't live near the Sunnyvale Trailer Park, do you? 
Lemme guess: none of them held down any serious employment?
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Kitlope
join:2004-07-29
Canada
| hahah! Thats what this place was feeling like and I didn't like it one bit. I have a 12 year old daughter and I explicitly told her not to go anywhere near them, which is kind of hard to do since they lived so close. Of course none had any serious employment ... Chris was on the dole and the other 2 had menial jobs.
How about the OP? Any updates? I didn't mean to threadjack but wanted to share my story (such a relief to vent and the fact its over) and also didn't want to start a new thread on the same type of subject. |
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