Mountain community wants change after camper killed by stray

community says enough is enough. one of its residents is putting together a petion to tighten up rules about shooting at pike national forest. this comes after glenn martin was killed by a stray bullet over the weekend. it happened while his family camped near rainbow falls in the pike national forest friday night. the petion writer tells krdo newschannel 13’s emily allen… it’s time to crack down on people who aren’t being safe. on mac mcvicker’s property… birds aren’t the only things he hears chripping. 00016 the other shooting we hear is unfortunately the place the gentleman got shot friday evening. he lives about half a mile from rainbow falls. glenn martin was killed by an stray bullet there over the weekend. 000323 we have all dreaded the day when someone might get hurt it’s a real fear out here… stray bullets hit two homes in this subdivision. now mcvicker is pushing a petion. 000243 we don’t want to see any more innocent civilians kills in the woods because someone is being irresponsible. stand up: supporters of this petition say horses, homes and people are at risk of being struck by errant bullets. this petion asks for stricter rules about shooting around homes. 000504 more signs from the forest service saying hey, there are houses within two miles of here, you can’t shoot here, i think would help educate responsible gun owners and keep everyone safer. the douglas county sheriff’s office says monitoring gun fire in the forest is tough. “this is large area to cover, and obviously we have resources that we do patrol those areas. we have resident deputies who actually live in the mountains. we also have to rely on our citizens to do the right thing.” for this vietnam vet … he says he likes guns… but he doesn’t like reckless owners. he hopes this petion brings change before it’s too late. in douglas county, ea krdo nc13. mcvicker says at least a dozen of his neighbors are already asking to sign the petion.