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EndlessWire

(6,550 posts) Sat Jan 1, 2022, 12:41 AM Jan 2022

Wow, I just heard a gunshot [View all]

I'd like to think it was a firecracker, but it didn't sound like one. It isn't near midnight, either, and I have never heard gunshots to celebrate the NY, although I know it could happen. This happened in conjunction with my ace guard dog maltipoo, Spike, barking at the patio door. But, this gunshot was not in my yard. Somewhere else...what goes up, must come down. Don't do it!

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Wow, I just heard a gunshot [View all] EndlessWire Jan 2022 OP

Gunshots Seem More Likely In America SoCalDavidS Jan 2022 #1

Me, too. Jesus Christ! A bunch of them. Right at 1045. Midnight Writer Jan 2022 #2

I was playing Halo a few years ago NickB79 Jan 2022 #3

Yeah, a popular deplorable ritual. roamer65 Jan 2022 #4

Just had a bunch here, too. N/t Ms. Toad Jan 2022 #5

Heard 2 shots in the distance, I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2022 #6

Yeah, I hear ya! n/t EndlessWire Jan 2022 #7

Here in Wisconsin, too. With my husband in the hospital, the kitties are already a little stressed. Ziggysmom Jan 2022 #16

Buddy just texted me it sounds like he's back in Baghdad DetroitLegalBeagle Jan 2022 #8

All my neighbours are shooting PXR-5 Jan 2022 #9

It's not even NYD yet on the West Coast EndlessWire Jan 2022 #10

Wow MustLoveBeagles Jan 2022 #11

Same in Indianoplace, hoping it's fireworks, at least it was earlier Captain Zero Jan 2022 #12

Yeah, I'm hearing gunshots now EndlessWire Jan 2022 #14

Nice To See 'Indianoplace' Still Employed, Sir The Magistrate Jan 2022 #24

When I was a kid, my dad would open murielm99 Jan 2022 #13

When I was a kid, we did that too, accompanied by the noise of beating on Backseat Driver Jan 2022 #18

Philly had that as a tradition since the 1700s IbogaProject Jan 2022 #15

LOs angeles used to have lots of gunshooting on new years Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #17

I've called 911 to report a shot or shots. Not holiday celebration type. Hortensis Jan 2022 #19

Any idiot who fires a gun into the air just to "celebrate" needs to have the book thrown at them. Dial H For Hero Jan 2022 #20

I guess they think they gravity is just a theory or a hoax Walleye Jan 2022 #21

Hear a shot, drink a shot. panader0 Jan 2022 #22

I live in the country and love the sound of gunshots in the neighborhood. Groundhawg Jan 2022 #23

LOL! n/t EndlessWire Jan 2022 #25