So I live in the country just outside of Bloomington. My neighborhood is smallish but does have a homeowners association document. It is no where near as bad as ANY I have seen in B-town as it only concerns maintenance of our private road (upkeep, snow removal, and dues) At our yearly meeting, a few of the members brought up the amount of gunfire in our neighborhood. The discussion started leaning towards amending the bylaws to forbid the use of firearms (all the usual pleas were heard). I spoke up and said we would be wasting our money as you could not enforce it and would just be throwing money at the lawyers to amend the bylaws and then go to court about it only to lose.
My question is Am I right about this? Keep in mind, we are in the country and everyone agreed that calling the sheriff would only get a visit to see if the activity/area was safe. Thoughts? Legal input?
On a side note. It was a great chance to talk to my nearest neighbor about it (and my occasional target practice at home). I told him that I would check in with him as he has 4 children, the newest 19 days old. He appreciated my openness and though not a gun-owner, was ok and grateful that I talked with him.
My question is Am I right about this? Keep in mind, we are in the country and everyone agreed that calling the sheriff would only get a visit to see if the activity/area was safe. Thoughts? Legal input?
On a side note. It was a great chance to talk to my nearest neighbor about it (and my occasional target practice at home). I told him that I would check in with him as he has 4 children, the newest 19 days old. He appreciated my openness and though not a gun-owner, was ok and grateful that I talked with him.