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I have called the cops on a couple of kids, and not on a couple of others. The thing I would worry about most in this situation is three kids wandering around with a gun and a box of ammo just shooting at whatever they feel like, they ALL need to learn that they are responsible for whatever that bullet does. Time for the sheriff.

A few years ago we had a Rhodesian Ridgeback that could almost get over our 6+ foot fence. Apparently it became quite entertaining for a couple of the neighborhood kids to come by and kick the fence to get the dog riled up and see her try to get over (and God forbid she actually did). The big problem was that the fence was old and a little decrepit and in a couple of places it broke when they kicked it, and at least once my ridge made it out by expanding the hole they kicked in it. It was also not in sight of most of the neighbors, being a back fence on the alley, just like all the others around.

I found out from a neighbor, who had seen it happen, one of the kids' name, and I dropped by and chatted with his parents. They, of course, denied that their little angel could be involved in harassing a dog or damaging property.

It happened again, I called the cops, they couldn't do much of anything, it happened again, and again, and eventually our neighborhood cop and I came up with a plan.

Since, except for one neighbor who saw the kids in the area at the time, we had no actual witnesses, we had nothing provable, we decided to stage a little play. The next time it happened I met the cop in the alley and we made a big production of taking pictures, taking measurements, and even peering at the ground looking for footprints and so on, JUST AS THE KIDS WERE COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL.

The cop did go and talk to several of the parents in the neighborhood, in the guise of investigating the damage, but after our little play, the damage stopped.