{"id":2760,"date":"2024-01-03T18:17:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2024-01-03T18:17:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:17:13","slug":"causey-remember-dont-shoot-into-the-sky-on-new-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2760","title":{"rendered":"Causey: Remember, Don\u2019t Shoot Into the Sky on New Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/aiming-toward-sky_shutterstock_1651709443-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"Aiming a gun toward the sky\" title=\"A,Man,Pointing,To,A,Clear,Blue,Sky,With,A\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>When the clock struck midnight, gunshots rang out in my neighborhood and many others across southeastern Wisconsin as the calendar turned to 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>We live off 39<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and Capitol Drive, and gunfire ranged from the small pop of a .22 caliber round to the rapid-fire succession of a Glock.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>While I understand the need to celebrate the New Year, hearing so much gunfire for so long is unnerving. The gunfire lasted for nearly two hours after my wife and I shared our glass of champagne. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>I\u2019m a gun owner, and firing a gun from my porch up in the air to celebrate the new year has never been something that I\u2019ve participated in. It\u2019s irresponsible. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>The Milwaukee Police Department warns people against firing guns into the air on New Year\u2019s Eve every year because those bullets fired in the air come down. All it takes is one of those bullets to go through a window and strike someone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>In fact, a\u00a0Glendale family\u00a0found a bullet hole in the wall next to their son\u2019s crib. The stray bullet was located in between their son\u2019s stuffed animals.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>When the gunshots started this year, I opened our living room window and recorded. My wife fussed at me to move away from the windows. When I looked out my window, I could see the flashes of light coming from several of my neighbors opening fire. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>While I don\u2019t want to sound like the grumpy guy on the block who complains about everything, the number of shots fired on New Year\u2019s Eve was disturbing. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Please stay safe, store those guns. Also, remember, what goes up must come down.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James E. Causey in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/james-causey\/2024\/01\/02\/milwaukee-guns-new-years-firing-celbrate-locks-police\/72085028007\/\">Irresponsible. Unnerving. Sound of Gunfire Rang in New Year for Two Hours.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/causey-remember-dont-shoot-into-the-sky-on-new-years\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 When the clock struck midnight, gunshots rang out in my neighborhood and many others across southeastern Wisconsin as the calendar turned to 2024. We live off 39th\u00a0and Capitol Drive, and gunfire ranged from the small pop of a .22 caliber round to the rapid-fire succession of a Glock. 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