What is worst, a crowing rooster or some idotic dolt firing a .45? Those bullets keep on going until they hit something pretty solid, be it someones car, little kid, air conditioning unit, etc. It has been my experience that stray bullets usually hit something you really didn't want shot.
The cops should have arrested the jerk and confiscated the weapon. Yes, he has the right to keep weapons, but when he fires it on someone else's property within a residential area, he is a public menace.
And for what it is worth, I love feral chickens. A friend writes me that it is now illegal to own a chicken in Cuba. All chickens must be owned by a coopertiva. Who would have thought that the feral chicken would be the ultimate counter revolutionary?
Rufus