For those who have never had the pleasure of visiting this tree-lined town, St. Louis has more than its share of squirrels. So many, in fact, that they were prominently featured as participants in not one, but two baseball playoff games this past postseason. A lot of Cardinal fans figured the scampering animals brought the home team luck and the thus, the Rally Squirrel was born. But you know how these things are. No matter how popular something may be, there's always someone who's not as enamored with it as everyone else is. And it seems safe to say that Gene Schenberg, a resident of the leafy suburb of Chesterfield, isn't a fan of the tree-dwelling rodents…
Schenberg, a former Chesterfield city councilman, has taken to shooting at the little buggers. While we'd like to think he read our piece yesterday and is only channeling his inner redneck, it seems he's much more concerned with protecting his daffodils and dahlias. He hasn't broken out the rimfire ordinance yet, instead using pellet and dart guns. So far. But Gene's been less than scrupulous about rule number four with the guns he is using. As stltoday.com reports:
(Current city councilman Matt) Segal said Schenberg's discharge of weapons has been a problem in Greenfield Village subdivision for about three years.
"His neighbor just behind has a pool in the back yard, and the family found three-inch long darts all over the pool deck, in the pool and on their roof, and they called the city three years ago," Segal said.
Because of Schenberg's and other Chesterfield residents' squirrel mayhem, Segal voted for a new law to address all the gunfire.
Not that I would ever discharge a firearm near people, but this moron could prevent me from teaching my kids to responsibly shoot BB guns in my own back yard if backlash becomes too great. I don't expect that to happen in StL, but it could in some less free state like socialist California.
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