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Off topic, but I am curious why they need access to your property if there is a wall between yours and hers?


There is a drain some empties on to my property, apparently it was backed up and flooding the house. I need to talk to her about that pipe because it shouldn't drain on my grass. It needs ...

ricor wrote:Why are you leaving your gun in the car when you are at home? Also we were taught to deescalate a situation. IMHO

I would want nothing less than them to just leave without altercation. My kids give me enough stress -lol.

AV8R wrote:I usually don't think of hard-working tradesmen in the yard as being particularly threatening. I would see it as simply a reminder that it's time to water the lawn.

Someone else said that :-)

Just a thought. You had words with the guys and told them to leave. They said make me, so you went and got a gun.

That could easily be taken as threatening. What were you going to do with the gun? You can't use Deadly Force to prevent trespassing.

You handled this poorly.


Poorly or not, I ...

When they said "make us", I felt like there was potential for a problem. I am happy that nothing happened, very happy, but nothing worth betting my safety on.

I've written a letter to the neighbor giving them formal warning to stay off. A different AC guy came over today, but this time they asked ...

I'm new here. Was referred to by a friend to ask my question about a recent incident.

Recently I had some trespassers on my property (AC guys for my neighbor) who never bothered to ask for permission to enter (my house has a wall and can only be entered via a single gate). I told these guys to get ...

Last time I looked, it said you can't carry at a church.

I think there is something against carrying at hotels. You may want to check.