When you hear an exchange of gunfire in the night?

[Isaac-1]

I know everyone lives in a different type of neighborhood, but I was wondering what do you do / what would you do if you wake up to the sound of an exchange of gunfire in the middle of the night? I ask because while I do live in a fairly quiet small town, this did happen to me last winter, one night in the early morning hours I woke to the sound of about a dozen shots being exchanged (2 distinct firearms, one sounded like maybe a .45 the other a smaller caliber, maybe a .32, certainly bigger than a .22) in several spurts over a course of 30-45 seconds, I don't know how far away they were, probably a couple of blocks or so, I know they were not just outside my house, and also not in the distance either, close enough to be distinct, but not overly loud.

For me step one was to make sure I had a loaded gun in hand, and my house was secure, step 2 would have been call the police, but by this time I heard police sirens approaching the area. Nothing was reported in the local news (but that is normal, all they are good for is publishing local events calendars, never any news). One thing is certain, I was glad at the time that my house is over 100 years old and the walls are solid lapboard made from hard virgin pine timber, no hollow drywall here.

 

[JWG223]

I know everyone lives in a different type of neighborhood, but I was wondering what do you do / what would you do if you wake up to the sound of an exchange of gunfire in the middle of the night? I ask because while I do live in a fairly quiet small town, this did happen to me last winter, one night in the early morning hours I woke to the sound of about a dozen shots being exchanged (2 distinct firearms, one sounded like maybe a .45 the other a smaller caliber, maybe a .32, certainly bigger than a .22) in several spurts over a course of 30-45 seconds, I don't know how far away they were, probably a couple of blocks or so, I know they were not just outside my house, and also not in the distance either, close enough to be distinct, but not overly loud.

For me step one was to make sure I had a loaded gun in hand, and my house was secure, step 2 would have been call the police, but by this time I heard police sirens approaching the area. Nothing was reported in the local news (but that is normal, all they are good for is publishing local events calendars, never any news). One thing is certain, I was glad at the time that my house is over 100 years old and the walls are solid lapboard made from hard virgin pine timber, no hollow drywall here.

I do what any citizen should do. I call the police. They are there to protect me and will make sure nothing bad happens.

 

[03protege]

I was leaving my girlfriends apartment and heard shots ring out. I called the cops and they responded pretty quick. Never heard anything in the news about it.

I didn't have my gun that night (literately the only time) so I got my girlfriend and took her to my place.

One thing was I had no idea how close the shots actually were, had I known I would have stayed put.

 

[Swami]

Here in Monroe, I'd immediately call the police.

When I was in New Orleans... honestly I may have slept through it.

 

[Yrdawg]

I'd be thinkin somebody had enough of the 4 wheelers actin stupid

 

[SGT_Kramer]

I'd pick my favorte sounding one and start cheering for that guy and listen to who got the last shots... j/k Phone the police and wait. But honestly in Ball LA.....Someone probably just hooked up a new awesome suround sound on thier TV and it was way too loud or it was a truck and a car backfiring at same time.

 

[#1bambam]

Id roll over and go back to sleep..I live in New Orlens after all and thats SOP here.

 

[dtd80]

As long as it wasn't in front of my house, I'd just go back to sleep.

 

[themcfarland]

Here in Sherwood Forrest, I would call, but if I was in some of the areas I have to go for work, if I didnt see anyone leaking, or I didnt have any glass shot out of the car, I wouldnt even bother...

Just them thinning the herd..

 

[jimdana1942]

Try to determine where they came from and go over there and look for any spent brass; it's worth something.

 

[LongGoneDays]

When I lived in the hood, the first year there was a lot of random gunfire. We have an e911 page and I would go check it, sure enough someone else had called within 1 or 2 minutes, if it was a lot of gunfire.

But the people that lived directly behind me, I swear these people would go out at least once a month, between midnight and 3am, and shoot just one bullet into the air/ground. Made no other noise, just the shot then quiet until daylight.

So glad I'm gone from over there.

 

[bravo3]

Arm myself, call 911, hunker down

 

[SGT_Kramer]

When I lived in the hood, the first year there was a lot of random gunfire. We have an e911 page and I would go check it, sure enough someone else had called within 1 or 2 minutes, if it was a lot of gunfire.

But the people that lived directly behind me, I swear these people would go out at least once a month, between midnight and 3am, and shoot just one bullet into the air/ground. Made no other noise, just the shot then quiet until daylight.

So glad I'm gone from over there.

Probably just got done cleaning his hi point and making sure it still worked.

 

[Russo]

return fire to their closest position...

 

[drumz2129]

Probably my neighbor and his wife taking care of some feral hogs tearing up their pasture, Id grab a gun and a spotlight and wait for them to come through my place. I don't see how yall put up with city life, I rather deal with feral quadrupeds over feral bipeds.

 

[dantheman]

If the gunfire isn't REALLY close , I wouldn't worry about it . I'm not going to go looking for trouble and I'm not going to evacuate .

 

[LongGoneDays]

Probably just got done cleaning his hi point and making sure it still worked.

 

[spanky]

I'm just amazed that you can identify calibers by the sound.

 

[lsu fan]

I'm just amazed that you can identify calibers by the sound.

+1

 

[jmanrogers]