When it comes to enforcement of the law, it depends on where you are, whether or not it's guns or if your dog runs loose or is fenced in.
A good lawyer should make both the police and the neighbors rethink the event you described.
I have owned and used guns all my life. It seems that common sense can NOT be applied to the topic. What my current observation on this topic is the Democrats are wrong, the Republicans are wrong, and the NRA is wrong. That is they all want to serve there own agenda. To that end I would recommend shutting this topic down because even if we do discuss the topic rationally, which I doubt that we can, no will ever do anything to make everyone happy.