Discharging a firearm inside my home?

[HubertGummer]

This is one of the excuses they used in Chicago when fighting against legalizing suppressors.

I have my doubts that even a sophisticated system such as this could track every gunshot in Chicago...

 

[KLB]

I have my doubts that even a sophisticated system such as this could track every gunshot in Chicago...

 

[eric001]

If you have a decently loud old-fashioned stereo system and play something nice and loud to mask the sound of the shots... Your neighbors probably wouldn't even know.

I might know something of how this works--or I might not.

Allegedly.

 

[Old Dog]

I seriously doubt the ability of Shotspotter to pick up the sound of a shot inside of a house, unless you possibly had the windows or doors open. Think about it, sound travels in waves, anything in the way of those waves does one of two things; either deflects or absorbs those waves. Walls, furniture, curtains, window glass all impact the movement of that sound wave. By the time any sound exits the building it would be greatly muffled and difficult to determine if it was a backfire, gun shot, blowout, or spray can exploding in a trash fire. I would test it and see if the PO PO show up. You could always claim self defense against the ghosts living in your crib.

 

[KLB]

I seriously doubt the ability of Shotspotter to pick up the sound of a shot inside of a house, unless you possibly had the windows or doors open. Think about it, sound travels in waves, anything in the way of those waves does one of two things; either deflects or absorbs those waves. Walls, furniture, curtains, window glass all impact the movement of that sound wave. By the time any sound exits the building it would be greatly muffled and difficult to determine if it was a backfire, gun shot, blowout, or spray can exploding in a trash fire. I would test it and see if the PO PO show up. You could always claim self defense against the ghosts living in your crib.

You forgot to tell him to make sure to report back here on his results.

 

[Sylvain]

I seriously doubt the ability of Shotspotter to pick up the sound of a shot inside of a house, unless you possibly had the windows or doors open. Think about it, sound travels in waves, anything in the way of those waves does one of two things; either deflects or absorbs those waves. Walls, furniture, curtains, window glass all impact the movement of that sound wave. By the time any sound exits the building it would be greatly muffled and difficult to determine if it was a backfire, gun shot, blowout, or spray can exploding in a trash fire. I would test it and see if the PO PO show up. You could always claim self defense against the ghosts living in your crib.

You're probably right.
I was just stating that the technology is there to locate where a gun was fired based on a single gunshot.

The neighbors reporting the gunshot to the police is probably more likely to happen.

 

[rhino]

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

I DIDN'T READ THIS TOPIC.

I WAS NEVER HERE.

 

[dsol]

My dad was letting the hammer down on his Commander one night around 0300 after his shift sometime in the mid 1970's. Back then you could carry personal weapons if you qualified. It was summer and his hand was sweaty, so you can guess what happened. The slug went down in the corner of an end table, burying itself in the leg a few inches down.

Fast forward to a couple of years ago, we have the end table in our basement. He made a matching pair along with a coffee table and we have our basement family room/bar setup in a retro '70's style (on the bar I have this cool ceramic ash tray with a woman's hand poking up, fingers splayed to hold a cigarette). Anyway, my daughter was 17 and had some friends over, she held up the end table and told her friends "my last boyfriend had to use this as a shield from my dad" with a sad face.

Apple didn't fall far from the tree there... she is a smart aleck through and through. I was quite proud of my little girl that night

 

[Vigilant]

You're probably right.
I was just stating that the technology is there to locate where a gun was fired based on a single gunshot.

The neighbors reporting the gunshot to the police is probably more likely to happen.

Shot spotter has a less than stellar record of actually working as advertised.

 

[hpclayto]

Not legal inside city limits.

according to what?

 

[churchmouse]

according to what?

Every LEO I have ever asked about it.

Edit.....inside city limits.

 

[Mr. Habib]

You were attacked by the bucket. Being in fear for your life you fired in self defense. Castle doctrine would apply.

 

[KJQ6945]

I shoot 5.56 inside the house on a pretty regular basis. Doesn't everybody?

 

[hpclayto]

Every LEO I have ever asked about it.

Edit.....inside city limits.

Again, is this a state statute or what? There's no state statute regulating that that I'm familiar with. Most places have an ordinance against it, my city does not.

 

[churchmouse]

Again, is this a state statute or what? There's no state statute regulating that that I'm familiar with. Most places have an ordinance against it, my city does not.

Indy does.

 

[hpclayto]

Indy does.

Im sure, and glad they do. However laws/ordinances aren't the same everywhere.

 

[churchmouse]

Im sure, and glad they do. However laws/ordinances aren't the same everywhere.

Nope. Just referring to our area.

 

[chezuki]

[video=youtube_share;fylgz-5MTn4]http://youtu.be/fylgz-5MTn4[/video]

 

[hpclayto]

Nope. Just referring to our area.

I hear ya. That was more directed at the guy I originally quoted.

 

[KJQ6945]

Nope. Just referring to our area.

Bring on the city ordinance, I haven't been written a ticket since Reagan was president, and you were riding wheelies on supercharged Harleys.