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Anthony Taibi: Scheduled events? 1 2 John Gallagher: Nope. 3 4 Anthony Taibi: Okay. So your testimony is that simply because this man’s family and friends shoot with a greater 5 intensity and volume than you like, suddenly, activity which you agree is perfectly legal has somehow taken on a 6 different character, is that correct? 7 8 John Gallagher: Yes. 9 10 Anthony Taibi: No further questions. 11 12 T.C. Morphis: I do have one or two redirect questions. Let’s make sure there is full disclosure. Mr. Harvey issued 13 his original Notice of Violation in 2013 that is known at this time. Did the amount of shooting die off after the Notice of 14 Violation was issued? 15 16 John Gallagher: Yes it did. 17 18 T.C. Morphis: Okay. No further questions. May I call my next witness, Mr. Chairman? 19 20 David Blankfard: Has the shooting increased since the Notice of Violation was rescinded? 21 22 John Gallagher: It has resumed. There was a period after the Notice of Violation and please don’t get the 23 impression I am tracking this on a minute to minute basis. I am one of many people in the neighborhood and I heard 24 the Notice of Violation, I heard that it was rescinded but I don’t know when and I wasn’t following it closely but we all 25 noticed that when the Notice of Violation was issued that there was a definite reduction in the amount of activity in 26 that area that I call a shooting range. Now, I noticed that activity has picked back up again but it has not picked up at 27 the level that it did before the Notice of Violation was originally issued. That is my subject interpretation but it is also 28 other people that I have spoken who have similar feelings. 29 30 Mark Micol: You said you discharge your weapon occasionally? 31 32 John Gallagher: Yes. 33 34 Mark Micol: What type of weapon do you discharge? 35 36 John Gallagher: I have three different weapons. I have a .22 rifle that I purchased when I bought the property to deal 37 with snakes and possums in my hen house. I have a .20 gauge shotgun that I bought about three years ago to deal 38 with possums because a .22 is a little inadequate and I bought a .22 pistol about six months ago because I was 39 having problems with snakes in the henhouse and I didn’t want to blow the walls off with the .20 gauge so those are 40 the weapons I have. My use of the weapons on my property has been to become familiar with them, to sight them in. 41 I learned to shoot as a boy. I hunted as a boy. People hunt on our property. I know how to handle weapons but I 42 wanted to become familiar with those for safety purposes. I probably have fired over 10 years 100 rounds of 43 ammunition at one time or another on my property. 44 45 Mark Micol: At one sitting, how many times have you discharged? 46 47 John Gallagher: I have never discharged more than 15 or 20 rounds at a time just sighting a gun. 48 49 28