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<blockquote data-quote="SBruce" data-source="post: 867655" data-attributes="member: 21068"><p>It's not only wrong (based on what our generations were taught) but it is also quite illegal, at least it is in Wyoming.</p><p> </p><p>In WY, if one points a gun at another person it is deemed "reckless endangerment". It applies whether or not the gun is loaded. It is a serious misdemeanor and if convicted is punishable only by jail time, up to a year.</p><p>Theoretically, a person would not be convicted if they were pointing the gun in necessary defense of themselves or others or per statute:</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><strong>unless reasonably necessary in defense of his person, property or abode or to prevent serious bodily injury to another. </strong></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I would personally consider myself in serious danger if I noticed someone pointing a scoped rifle at me. Especially after it was obvious that I was another person and not some game animal. Hard to say what lengths a person might go to in order to defend themselves when they feel their life in imminent danger.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">IMO, when possible, the people who use scopes to purposely watch or spot another hunter; ideally should be filmed and then somehow identified so they can be charged and prosecuted. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">For anyone reading this that is a "scoper".....Binoculars and/or spotting scopes aren't expensive, they're easy to get and they probably wont get you shot if you're looking at someone through them.</span> </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SBruce, post: 867655, member: 21068"] It's not only wrong (based on what our generations were taught) but it is also quite illegal, at least it is in Wyoming. In WY, if one points a gun at another person it is deemed "reckless endangerment". It applies whether or not the gun is loaded. It is a serious misdemeanor and if convicted is punishable only by jail time, up to a year. Theoretically, a person would not be convicted if they were pointing the gun in necessary defense of themselves or others or per statute: [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][FONT=Courier New][B]unless reasonably necessary in defense of his person, property or abode or to prevent serious bodily injury to another. [/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2]I would personally consider myself in serious danger if I noticed someone pointing a scoped rifle at me. Especially after it was obvious that I was another person and not some game animal. Hard to say what lengths a person might go to in order to defend themselves when they feel their life in imminent danger.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]IMO, when possible, the people who use scopes to purposely watch or spot another hunter; ideally should be filmed and then somehow identified so they can be charged and prosecuted. [/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]For anyone reading this that is a "scoper".....Binoculars and/or spotting scopes aren't expensive, they're easy to get and they probably wont get you shot if you're looking at someone through them.[/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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