Living Near A Shooting Range

There are hunters in the woods here, so usually it is considered normal. However, for personal reasons, gunshots are always alarming. Nothing to do with being in danger.

Gunshots are also frequent here. That's beside the fact that there's a firing range about a kilometer away. I get jolted by nearby gunshots and instantly worry about the kids who always wander about.

I am easily startled I would probably get a heart attack if I live near a shooting range.

Oh it is nothing unusual around here, the crime rate is astronomical. And it is not from a shooting range. I mostly stay indoors or only walk on the trail, so don't worry too much. Good you dont worry either.

I would go outside and look around to see if I could figure out where it is coming from.

I live in the countryside so if I hear gunshots it must be people hunting birds so I'm not surprised or scared

I sometimes look around but as we are in the country I dont worry about it

Here it would be a greater chance of someone hunting than a reason for alarm.

In Caifornia I might, as there is no shooting range near my house. In Montana I would not, as we all shoot off a few rounds if we're bored.

I would worry and feel scared hearing gunshots. I would find a new place to live if I knew very late about the shooting range nearby my home.

Thankfully l live in an area where it would be very surprising to hear gunshots - but these days anything is possible.

Hearing gunshots in my neighborhood would definitely be a scary thing I imagine for a good number of people depending on where you live, you think something like a shooting could never happen near me. But location is a major factor as other towns not far from my area experience shootings, robberies and other types of violence. I have heard that people can get accustomed to loud noises when subjected to them on a daily basis. Like people who live near railroad tracks for example.

If I heard gunshots near my house, I would be shocked, and worried too. Because I was afraid, the bullet might stray, and it would hit one of the residents around the place.

I actually worry more that I won't know they're even gunshots. One thing people don't realize about living in LA? People here LOVE their frikken fireworks. I don't want to sound stereotypical, but just from the few places I've bounced around in while in LA county? It's mostly been among the Mexican communities where fireworks go off most often. I live in a predominantly Mexican neighborhood now. Fireworks go off for EVERYTHING. New Years and July 4th? Sure. But also every single other major holiday, every time there's a birthday, every time someone's favorite team wins a football game, a kid got an A on their math homework, idek. The point is, they go off all the time, and they're the loud ones. My neighborhood in itself is not an unsafe area. It's very family friendly, no big issues. We did have that one neighbor who moved in down the street though that wound up bringing in gang activity. Twice now in the four years I've lived here there have been drive-by shootings at that particular house. Twice. One of them occurred while I wasn't home but the other one? Yep. Overnight and I slept right through it. My brain probably assumed fireworks. So, yeah. It is a thing I worry about because I've already missed the danger right down the street. I think those people are gone now, but it makes you wonder.

I live way out in the country so I hear gunfire all the time. It increases whenever there's a hunting season open. It would concern me if I lived in the city but out here, it's just part of the landscape.