Man arrested for allegedly shooting gun off deck

[jpak]

http://www.gazette.com/articles/bikker-123779-shotgun-phone.html

A man was arrested Tuesday evening after it was reported that he was shooting a shotgun off his back deck, Colorado Springs Police say.

Officers received calls from concerned neighbors at 6:07 p.m. Tuesday with reports that a man at 4603 N. Sleepy Hollow Circle was firing a shotgun.

When they arrived on scene officers told all residents to seek shelter in their homes while they attempted to contact Brian Bikker, the alleged gunman, on the phone. Officers left several messages on Bikker's phone, asking him to come out of his house, unarmed.

With no response to their phone calls, police used a P.A. system to convince Bikker to come out of his home. Bikker walked out of the house and fired three shotgun blasts into the ground. He refused to drop his weapon and promptly went back into his house.

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[ileus]

1. I used to shoot off the back deck all the time. Not so much these days.

[Remmah2]

3. It's perfectly legal in my town.

If anything a well planned backstop allows you to shoot downhill thus increasing safety.

[ileus]

4. I moved, now live where homes are a few hundred yards behind me.

Good old days we used to shoot skeet off on side of my home. Had a pistol and 22 range on the other side (out to 75 yards). And we could go on the second story (step out the dormer window in the loft) onto the porch roof, and shoot 700 yards into a field two farms past mine. It was a hunters and shooters paradise.

[Hoopla Phil]

5. It's perfectly legal where I now live. Of course, out of respect to my

neighbors, I use a silencer too.

[MADem]

2. Very nice police work. They got the stupid little turd to give himself up.

Wonder if he was just dumb-drunk, or going for "suicide by cop?" Either way, he's an asshole. Take away his guns and let him do some time in lockup. Maybe he can help train a service dog to help some poor bastard who was crippled by a wayward bullet.

[rl6214]

6. Shotgun, no bullets

"Maybe he can help train a service dog to help some poor bastard who was crippled by a wayward bullet."

[SteveM]

7. When he hit the gun, did it fly off the deck into the ocean? nt