Okay, I dug into this (licensed architect), and I can’t come up with any zoning infraction. I’m 98% sure I tracked down the lot, which is zoned “AR-1" (Agricultural Residential 1). It is the least restricted and most common zoning in the county and is only used in areas far removed from urban or sub-urban areas.

In my…

The way the neighbors talked, it didn’t seem like the noise was that big of a deal. They mentioned it as a factor, but didn’t name anything specific or say it was happening late at night or anything. They seemed weirdly focused on the building codes for some reason, and talk about it with such vitriol that I really…

up to the plaintiffs to prove it. what ifs dont mean shit.

This is a bunch of blatantly unsafe horseshit. Shame on Jalopnik for even floating the idea to your readers that this should EVER be done.

Pretty dumb of Long to turn in so massively early. I heard about the incident and had a completely different picture in mind. That is some weirdly excessive defending from Long, and if he was thinking more of the championship he should have let O’Connell go.

What? The orange and black dials are awesome you shut your dirty mouth.

Because the first rule of knife fighting is everyone is going to get cut. You bring a gun to a knife fight and you don’t get cut. I am not willing to get stabbed or slashed by a belligerent stranger for any reason when I could avoid it.

You just stated you could win with just your fists for punching, now you need a weapon?

While I don’t disagree that the best course of action is to just stay away and call the cops, I’m pretty sure your second paragraph is all wrong.

Knives are non-lethal? Only if the attack decides to run away. As a non-religious person, I value my face, the ability to see, and not being disfigured over the life of a person who attacked me on my property with a knife.

Totally agree. He’s lucky he didn’t lose an eye. I’m all for tougher gun control, but if this isn’t a time to shoot someone trying to stab (slice) you to death in your own front yard, I don’t know when is.

Cool, I’ll fight you then..me with a box cutter and you with your fists. Good luck getting anywhere close to me as you wipe blood out of your eyes, tough guy!

Just let me ask you, have you ever been in a fight with an individual who had a blade of any kind, and you had nothing?

Says the guy who isn’t one of the people involved. Put a gun in your hand and have someone stab you in the face repeatedly and see if that rationale persists in your mind.

Yeah, better to let a guy get a few good whacks in for good measure before you decide to defend yourself, after all, it was your fault for putting out decorations and actually confronting somebody who was trespassing and destroying your property.

Decent human beings dont stab people. Im sorry but if you are attacking someone you deserve whatever you get.

So sorry they you’re so scared that you think you can kill when your own death is unlikely.

Yup. No one’s ever been killed by a silly ol’ box cutter. Which apparently aren’t knives now. Good stuff!

The moment during which you are being stabbed in the face seven times is definitely a moment worthy of killing the stabber.

I don’t know, man. I’m no gun nut, but a dude getting stabbed in the face a whole bunch of times in his own yard by some psycho the one time he wasn’t packing seems like about the best case for concealed carry I’ve ever heard.