What a real jerk! That’s saying it nicely. Sitting there in his chair with nothing better to do?! “Most people living in that area consider it part of living there” Just how close was his home? Some people really need to get a life! Crazy people! I’m glad he got charged and will be going to court! You said there were private property signage, yet I read an article that states the police were unable to locate any private property signage in the area of the resort from which Richardson supposedly entered Stebbings’ property.
He was trespassing. I know your low IQ won't know what that is, so look it up. Plus Utah is gun friendly, so the guy could have shot him and not be charged.
People in these comments don't understand the full story. This property backs a ski resort and the boarder was heading to his ski in ski out house he rented. The neighbor was way out of line. The neighbor needs to discuss his concerns with the owner renting out the airbnb with the ski in/out accommodation. Not the renters thinking they have access.
@@FloofDog44for it to be trespassing, you need to be informed. Without signage or him personally being told to not come there, it's not trespassing. Cope harder
Imagine living next to a ski resort in the backcountry and not expecting to see someone wonder onto your property (that isn't marked). Some people have more dollars than sense.
If possible, imagine having property that’s been in your family for several generations, being raised in the “back country” and the adjacent property owner sells to someone wanting to build a ski resort, even possibly a hotel or condos. (I don’t know that this is the case, but it could be. We don’t know.) Sometimes one needs to expand their minds enough to view from different perspectives. This sounds like it’s been an ongoing problem between the two property owners. Possibly the same snowboarders even. Some snowboarders aren’t so “harmless” as you’d stated in your other comment, and behave like teen gang skateboarders. Who knows what drove this man to this? He’s not right brandishing a weapon to protect his property, imo. And he certainly needs to post signage stating Private Property. Adding a fence may be more dangerous to the snowboarders than his brandishing though… Depends on the property view and how fast they go. But it sounds to me like you’re most likely correct about it being “back country” justice.
@CrunchyCelery Well l, thankfully, common sense and law take precedence over "how do I feel about this"... while your explanation gives a plausible reason he acted that way, even if entirely speculated, it doesn't justify his actions. At the end of the day if he keeps acting like that he's gonna end up in front of a judge and O promise you that "ive lived here for generations" storyline wouldn't get far. thats the bottom line. In that context... how he "personally" feels and his perspective are irrelevant.
I can understand not wanting a bunch of snowboarders riding your driveway when you or others are trying to get in and out or getting injured on your property.
It’s evident that so many people commenting on here that are simping for the cabin owner have not ever been here and clearly have no idea about the terrain in this area and the amount of traffic this resort gets vs the location of this snowboarder’s SKI IN / SKI OUT AirBnB that he rented vs this guys property. If you did you would understand how ridiculous his response was.
@@madvillain1987society is already in decline and has been for a while. Now we’re just seeing the results of it. It will get worse. Entitlement is at the root of it, and it colors this entire interaction, from every perspective (from the snowboarders, to the AirBnB owner, to the cabin owner). No one has any consideration empathy or respect for anyone else anymore.
It would almost be funny for me to purchase some property out there just so I could walk around ON MY OWN PROPERTY armed to the teeth just for the skiers who are too dumb or lazy to do about two minutes worth of research to find out where the property lines are. That really doesn't seem to difficult. Why did this even make the news?
Okay, then I can just walk into your backyard, and you're not allowed to complain about it or restrict access to your property. Bet you wouldn't like that, huh? It's called private property for a reason. I carry a firearm on my property. You gonna cry about that, too?
The bottom line is is if you own property and you don’t want people on your property you don’t want peoples animals on your property then you build a fence or post your property every hundred feet so people can see it. There are ways to keep people off your property, without pulling a gun on them that man should be charged with brandishing a weapon anybody else would’ve been
His response would be warranted if he were out in the middle of nowhere, but if you buy property up in Brighton and you don’t have clear markings or a fence, you should expect to have snowboarders stumble through every now and then. That comes with the territory.
@@SamuelAtkinson-k7o It's not a matter of being 'forced' to allow them. It's a matter of being understanding of other people and the area where you live. Yes, he was within his rights to carry a weapon and tell him to get off his property but that doesn't mean he wasn't being a d!ck about it.
"Robinson admitted to mistakenly crossing over into Stebbings' property, but a later investigation found that there was no private property signage at the residence."
So if you r a property owner anywhere & someone walks across your property you can confront them with a gun? I live on a corner lot & people walk across my property everyday. I have signs up but it still happens.
No, you can tell them to leave and if they dont then you can call the police to charge them with treapass. This is just assault and its a crime and the other dude wasnt even trespassing because he left the second he was made aware that he wasnt allowed he left which is all legal
Like I said if I'm outside in my yard@@jbrown4137 Like I said if anyone is outside in there own yard & you have a concealed permit & someone walks into your yard do u pull the weapon out? I guess it all depends on the situation. If he was threatened than yes. Sounds like someone accidentally skied across his property & he chose to display a weapon & make threats.
Yes, absolutely, if I'm paying the taxes on the property then I can 100% carry a weapon anywhere on my property. Why is this concept so hard for people to grasp?
If I was the homeowner, I would ask the resort if there was anything I could do to assist with building some type of barrier. I would think that would be more ideal than having to bring a weapon with me just to walk on my own property.
People don’t understand the situation. Skiing/snowboarding off resort is completely legal, there’s actually a gate at the top of that lift that people use to go to that specific back bowl. The overwhelming majority of these cabins have zero signs for private property, no fences, no clear boundaries for what public and what’s private. If the man in this video feels so strongly about “what’s his” he should put up a fence & gate, or maybe don’t live at the bottom of a f*cking ski resort!
I'm pretty sure you don't have no trespassing signs on your property. So can I come over and just go throughout your property without recourse due to no signage? If I go backpacking in the wilderness I make sure I am not tracking through other people's property. I suggest people snowboarding or skiing should do the same. It is the responsibility of the person skiing or snowboarding to know where the boundaries are.
You have the responsibility as a landowner, living next to public land, to mark your boarder properly if you don't want potential trespassers. Otherwise, land looks like land.
@@garrettsimson1There is absolutely no signage down there and it is easy to go too far south and end up in a neighborhood. The Traverse back to resort boundaries is difficult to find unless you ride there all the time. Hidden Canyon is a great area and completely public forest land. It's very easy to stray onto private property without knowing. It was a snowboarder trying to find his way, not a burgler. Imagine pulling a gun on someone walking up you walkway simply cause you don't know them....psychotic.
People on here have no idea what they’re talking about. The homeowner was way out of line. Maybe put a sign up or just give folks a heads up somehow that they’re trespassing. Also, trespassing means you enter someone’s property knowing you shouldn’t be there. If the property isn’t well signed, there’s really no way to prove the skiers/snowboarders weee trespassing. And there’s certainly no reason to brandish an arm.
The homeowner was not even a little bit out of line. If skiers don't want to research the area in order to find out what's public land and private land then I don't see why that's the homeowner's problem at all. We all have internet right in our hands that can provide that information. Just because the skier is too dumb or lazy to check then yes, he may just get to deal with a guy with a weapon. Tough. Better luck next time.
“Unless extenuating circumstances exist, such as prior convictions, the Utah criminal code considers unlawfully brandishing a weapon to be a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine up to $2,500.” *Don’t brandish weapons, settle your dispute in court* 🙄
Respect other people's property! The first crime was trespassing. Everything else was a response to crime being committed. The area is ABSOLUTELY marked as, "No Trespassing." Stop the nonsense!
The shotgun was an old family heirloom, from the looks of it. Living in that area, I suspect it was more intended for protection from wildcats and mountain lions. This corner of the valley isn't safe for people or their pets, as the critters are coming down at all hours for a quick meal. (We also have neighbors who raise attack animals for whatever reasons)
Ski resorts should be posting the boundaries for legal public skiing and the no-go zones as a benefit to their customers. Property owners should also get signs up everywhere. Even yard flags will help guide people towards go and no-go zones. The resort and the owners need to come to terms, or this will get worse.
Or stay off private property 🤷♀️ he didn't get hurt, but he learned a valuable lesson about researching where they are allowed to go and being respectful of the land/property
Have you ever been to Brighton or lived there? Because if not, you don't know what you are talking about. And if you do, then you know that part of living there means in exchange for Brighton keeping the roads plowed so residents can easily live there, residents have skiers and snowboarders traveling past to get home at the end of the day. The mountain resort was literally built for the skiers and snowboarders. Now, this man has made the mistake of brandishing a weapon at innocent people who went through the designated gate to board and ski home. Maybe the man is going senile, and forgot why he has plowed roads in his little resort community. Maybe he's just a jerk. Doesn't matter. This is not the way to get what he wants.
I had a problem where a family in our neighborhood decided that it was okay to go on anybody's properly posted or not. I had construction going on with a water pipe line and I didn't want anyone getting hurt. I had it posted out in the middle of the forest I'm on a suburban like street but since I don't have a fence these kids kept coming into my yard and I told them to leave friendly I said if they didn't leave I would get the sheriff The boy said we can play anywhere we want. I said no it's private property and I've told you I don't want you playing in my yard. All of a sudden their mother was there I called the sheriff screaming and yelling at me telling me it was national Forest I said no the national forest is eight blocks that way. The national Forest has no houses in it unless it's private property and it's posted cuz yes some areas of the national Forest does have private property in it with houses. But not our area it's all houses. Sheriff's department came out talked to me went over talk to her turned out Guess who were the burglars who had been burglarizing all the houses in the neighborhood they've been slowly working their way up the street and mine was going to be next her kids and her nephews who was 19 and 21. Her husband who was a professional thief was in jail at the time. Once he got out of jail she stayed with him and he taught his children how to become really good thieves. Yeah they got my neighbor for 20 grand worth of tools out of his garage he caught him in the garage The kid laughed at him. Yeah that's how bad this family is some people don't care and believe me we live in a tourist trap town snowboarders and skiers all the time and they cut through your property they park in your lawns They do anything they can because the city doesn't want to stop them from coming here tourists have right away they can do anything they want They can kick snorkeling drunk and I had one who broke into my house through the front door He was so drunk he didn't know where he was poor All I could do was just scream at him I thought at first it was my husband coming through the door but then I realized wait a minute why would my husband break down the door yeah luckily he was drunk enough that a screaming band she have a woman holding a hammer Adam scared him and made him run. Cops had him two blocks down He couldn't go far because there was so much snow and there was no other place at my place was plowed and he had gotten off the bus didn't know where he was He was looking for a place to sleep everywhere else was 6 ft tall 6 ft deep berms and he couldn't get over him he was that drunk. Where I live there aren't very many full-timers during the snow season we're not close enough to the ski slope I don't know why in the world he was out here but they said he was with friends but he'd stayed later on the slope They went ahead and came home and my house kind of looked like the one that they were staying at Yes quite a few of the houses in this neighborhood were built at the same time with this odd little A frame on the front. So that's why he broke my door. I'm sorry I side with the property owner. This is what's wrong with America disrespect for the property owners for the people who have worked hard. All you people seem to think that Oh if you don't like it you should just move Oh if you don't like it it's all right away it's what we earned it's what we want it's what we are no it's not just wait until it's you on the other end of getting screwed.
2:52 - 2:56 - NO, it wasn't excessive. The landowner probably just HAD HIS FILL of entitled, selfie-obsessed snowboarders too busy trying to record ever second of their uninteresting lives - instead of paying attention to where they were going.
This is a big problem nationally and it could have ended poorly. There is a case out of new york where a girl got shot and killed just for pulling into the wrong driveway. I'm sure this guy could build a better barrier / fence or complain or sue the resort. All better options then being a nut job in a lawn chair with a gun.
For everyone on here saying the homeowner was wrong, if the cops show up wothout a warrant you're not only allowed to tell them to leave but you're also allowed to be armed while doing it. Did the skier have a warrant? Doubt it.
@@elainenilsson5472 that usually follows but I don't live in salt lake county (thank goodness) the county I live in the county attonery's office follows through with the arraignments etc
It didn't seem to me that he was brandishing a gun, he had it in his hands. There's animals up there that can eat you, as well as people coming in with little or no respect for property rights. Yes there's a ski resort next door, but you should stay in the resort area. I snowboarded and skied for 20+ years, you can usually tell when you're in an area you're not supposed to be in. Get off my property doesn't seem that unreasonable, even with profanity laced in. You're by yourself in some place you're not supposed, it could have been a story about a missing person instead. Seems like a better alternative than being cancelled by the woke left mob that posted this on social media.
What happens when your resort doesn’t mark the property lines of their runs. Not on private property. If you get injured (which is very common in these sports) the property owner is liable. Their property or homeowners insurance will have to pay a butt load of money. The property owner shouldn’t have been pushed so far.
@@CrunchyCelery oh no 😢 the poor property owner who conveniently moved next to a popular ski resort is pushed to his limits for encountering a harmless snowboarder. How absolutely tragic....literally get over yourself.
@@TheMetalMachinist lol you’re hilarious! I was only outlining how people get injured and are advised by attorneys that the homeowners insurance policy for the private property owner, or ranch owner… The lawyers go where the money is and those liability limits are always in the hundreds of thousands. Lawsuit filled and injured person is awarded. Rates go up for the property owner. That’s IF he can be insured at all… If you are lucky enough to be buying property, and have your own home, you likely have a homeowners insurance policy. The kid ‘playing basketball in the street that runs for his ball in your gravel driveway’, falls and breaks something, can sue you for your gravel bring uneven of some stupid crap. Or the Amazon delivery driver climbs the steps to your house, falls it trips, breaking something… They find your steps are concrete and have shifted by a couple centimeters. Boom. You’re liable and they may possibly win in a lawsuit. I was only telling a story… high lighting how litigious American society is… A different perspective than the incessant political rhetoric spewed on social media. In fact, the person that had the gun pulled on them could possibly sue and win for the cost of therapy in recovering from the ‘PSTD they endured’ from being accosted by a crazy person with a firearm. I’ve seen burglars sue the homeowners of the houses they robbed, because they were hurt by the homeowner. I’ve also seen brothers sue brothers for spraining their ankle while visiting and not seeing a sunken living room. It’s silly, but people always seem to look fit the $. In short, I have nothing to “get over”. But this society sure does… As far as the property owner that bought property beside a ski resort or run, caveat emptor. Everyone is liable somehow. Just depends on how liable you want to be.
I think the homeowner could have handled a little differently but I don't know the situation but you just don't go all Rambo nobody's breaking in his home I think it was just an honest mistake I think that they should put signs
Brighton should build a giant wall around that guys house and charge him a fee every time he wants to use their road to leave. Eventually the fees can pay for his new fence.
Thumbs down if you've just finished your YellowStone boxset, have your shotgun at the ready, and can't remember the last time you were intimate with someone.
Watching too much Yellowstone. Knowing that snowboarders aren't there to burglarize anyone just wanted to feel powerful. Guns make weak people feel strong, and that's when it gets scary.
@@SamuelAtkinson-k7o what a terrible attempt to take something completely out of context to make a ridiculous point. This is in response to the video which is showing someone actively in the process of snowboarding. Obviously I didn't mean any snowboarder ever.
How does the homeowner know that this particular snowboarder isn't going to commit a crime? We're not all psychics. And if I were a betting man, I would suggest that the homeowner didn't have his weapon for snowboarders. Maybe animals? I'm not all knowing like you but I wouldn't think that having a gun makes me weak. Are there bigger animals in those woods? You might be able to fight off a bear or mountain lion with your bare hands but I'll take the "weak" approach with my weapon.
@@SamuelAtkinson-k7o All knowing like me? Are you watching the video? The man feels empowered to talk down on the person because he is holding a weapon, jumping to the conclusion that the person is knowingly trespassing. And your explanation doesn't even make sense, clearly grabbing at straws. I wouldn't want my neighbor casually walking around with a rifle like that, in fear he might happen across a dangerous animal. So is he going to start shooting in his neighborhood if a bear comes? And you want to make excuses for this man and show no sympathy for the guy clearly not understanding where he is at and is acting in submission and fear because he happened to make a wrong turn?
The homeowner is absolutely empowered to talk down to anyone who is not supposed to be on his property, weapon or not, and I'm definitely not going to make excuses for the snowboarder for his ignorance. Maybe next time he goes out he will research property lines first. What's his excuse for that? Dumb? Lazy? Who knows? So what should the property owner do? Open his land and home for anyone who just happens to want access? That's both dumb and dangerous. This is really a dumb thing to argue about. Just do research and stay off other people's
That snowboarders just sucks. When he left the ski area boundary, he knew exactly where he was. I guarantee that the home owner contacted the ski area numerous times previously, and was ignored…Maybe the ski area should do a better job about educating their customers, not just taking their money
2:18 - 2:20 - NOT IF THE PERSON ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE and lives in a county absent of an over-zealous DA. People carry guns for protection against wild animals in the back country ALL THE TIME.
None, Brighton has always had an opening for people to ride back to the report and numerous places to stay at the end of the day. Decades of skiers, and then more decades of snowboarders and skiers, have safely navigated that area. Brighton pays for upkeep on the road that man lives on, and part of buying property there is understanding that skiers and snowboarders will be coming through the trails in the evening on their way home. This is an unfortunate reflection of a shift in US social fabric, that people think a gun makes them an authority over others. If he doesn't want snowboarders or skiers coming through an established path, then he needs to fill the path on his property, mark his property clearly, and pay for the road access that Brighton has been providing. Or move. Or ask his elected representatives to help him come up with another solution that doesn't include brandishing weapons at innocent people.
What's so difficult to understand that you are absolutely allowed to carry a weapon on your own property? And you are absolutely not supposed to be forced to allow anyone on your property. That doesnt seem like something that even should be up for debate.
Landowners need to do a better job of posting their property. Some of the responsibility needs to go to them. This kind of thing happens all of the time and it’s the land owner that gets away with it while hunters and other people that have no idea that the land is even marked or private end up with a ticket and they don’t even know where they are, I do get that it is the persons responsibility to know where they’re at but it is also the landowners responsibility if you want people off your property fence them out
Um, why can't people just pull up a map with the property lines on it so they make sure they don't go off public property? Seems easy enough, right? You can literally do that in about one to two minutes on your phone. Even the cheap phones can do it.
have a lot of land and people wheeling on it 24-7 , when i see them i call in the 155's -NO i ask them about water and if they camp please put out fires , give them MY ph number at times they help me A!
Its perfectly fine for the man to keep ppl warned off his land, they don't want to pay to ski at Brighten, that doesnt mean they can ski on his property.Get a grip big crybabies.
If you knew the area, you'd know anyone riding that area had to take Great Western up, therefore they had to pay at to get on the lift. If you're riding out of hidden, you can easily go a little farther than expected and end up near houses. I personally try to always respect people's property but it's almost impossible on a snowy powder day to completely know what's what.
@@troyseeley3648read other articles or watch the boarders video, there were no signs and the boarder was staying at a property close by. He was boarding to his rental property with his friends.
@@PunchingCacti you CANT shoot People for tresspassing. The signs only need to be posted at the Property line. Which they were in the current situation.
You do realize there is no cameras in the woods. That phone can aaaaah disappear! Along with you. Know the boundaries and where other properties are. The property owner is correct in his actions. HIS LAND NOT YOURS! The more the property tax goes up, the more possive land owners are going to get. Also if the trespasser gets hurt. They can try and sue the land owner. He got off easy. Some of us land owners aren't so forgiving. The least on my land, you would have been going to jail!!!!!
Are you serious? I'm all for stopping the kid and explaining that it's a private road, but pointing a shotgun in his direction? Yikes. Also, not sure what "possive land owners" are.....
@@diver3444 The home owner does not know that. Think of what the Mayor added...on his property people start trespassing at 5:00 AM and trek across all day....probably including snow boarders, skiiers, snow shoe'ers...and maybe just hikers. That is a lot of people...strangers coming up the valley...it would be foolish to extend them all the credit of good will and common amity...especially with hard drugs being in the mix these days. Better to be armed.
This isn't Europe where the government gives you the privilege to walk around anyone's property as you see fit, this is America, stay out of people's territory.
If you live within hundreds of feet of a highly trafficked ski resort, mark your boundaries better. You don't get to terrorize people because you chose to live at the bottom of a public ski resort. America or not, don't be a dickhead
Ski resorts will have rope boundaries on their trails. This guy knew what he was doing when he went off bound. And then play victim and said he didn’t know 🤦🏽♂️
As a gun enthusiast myself, I would've laughed at his nasty looking pump action shotgun and would've told him to throw that piece of junk out and get a Benelli or RIA tactical shotgun. Remember, old boomers like that think they're tough with their gun until you start telling them everything that's wrong with it 😂 What a crappy old dude and even crappier looking shotgun lol. My gosh, if you're going to bring out a gun on your property do it the right way and bring out a modded, FDE, 300 blk, and customer forend with a magpul sling
Good, they can arrest the man brandishing his weapon. As a gun owner myself, and a person who has stayed in Brighton on multiple occasions, I am aware that staying in any of the homes around the resort gets me roads that are kept plowed by the Brighton ski resort, in exchange for having easy access to the slopes **and** having local & tourist skiers and snowboarders coming through on their way to the hostel, chalets, and hotel. If I buy a permanent home there, I know that people will be boarding and skiing through, and I have a responsibility to fence and clearly demarcate any area I want them to stay out of... **NOT** brandish a weapon at people like a 2 year old having a temper tantrum with his toy gun. Hopefully the law will hold this man fully accountable for his choices.
@@knassbruckles3355 They left the resort. Stop defending idiots. This backwoods sh** happens all the time and we have to use taxpayers dollars to save these idiots from the avalanches they cause. Miss me with that garbage take.
I was at Atla in the 90's went to the dead goat after work., everyone except me and my friends had pistols. The 15 guys surrounded us at the bar in a semicircle, we get up and go to the other room, same thing. I told them I was exmilitary and they were cowards. 30 years later, still afraid. Spend your money in Colorado, they like Americans more.
I know exactly where you were riding..Out of bounds to get thru to those cabins..Stay in bounds and you wouldnt have that problem.I would be pissed to if you were on my property.
@thereptilecult6864 Dude no its not..There doesnt have to be sign etc etc to say your on someones property..If your on it..Your on it..Thats trespassing..PERIOD.
@roddyw.7388 - there's literally a gate you go through to get there. I was up there today. The gate was definitely open the day this happened, you could see it on the video.
@nephimcknight5832 Yes it is legal to ride back there..But if you know the Mtn,which he doesnt..Theres a way to cut back over to the Great Western Chairlift,and show respect for peoples property who live here..
🤦. Me saying stand your ground has nothing to do with, "castle doctrine", or "stand your ground" laws. It's merely a statement referring to standing up for what's yours. And even still. The geographics are irrelevant. I do believe in Utah stand your ground laws apply to anywhere your legally allowed to be. Does it apply to simple trespassing, no. Not in this case, but if the snowboarder came up on him intending to do him harm it would. But, as I said. Me saying stand your ground, in no way implies the law itself. It refers to the saying that existed long before any "stand your ground" law. It's a figure of speech.
@@politicaldissidence"if the snowboarder came up to him intending to do harm" you mean like what the guy sitting in a folding chair with a shotgun did to the snowboarder? How you you feel if a boarder shot him if they felt threatened?
If anyone is against this guy exercising his constitutional rights on his own property, you're what's wrong with America. Snowboarder should learn his sense of entitlement has consequences.
Easy solution, don't go there again! Look, this property owner had a chair in the driveway, he's been harrassed by trespassers many times. Just leave him alone.
With all his free time he spends sitting in a chair looking for people to harass, he could be putting up a fence or property boundary to actually stop this from happening once and for all. What a conflict loving moron with an itchy trigger finger
That area has hardly any private property signs and everything is covered in ten feet of snow. Hard to tell if you're on private or public land usually
Stay the eff off of private property. If you want a place like that to snowboard then get a real job and work for decades to save for it. Of course that means you won't be snowboarding all that often anymore.
There are hardly any private property signs around there and everything is covered under 10 feet of snow, so it's difficult to tell the difference between public and private property
@@cvn6555 There is a gate from Brighton into the backcountry that leads to that area, with hardly any signs and no fences, so it's understandable that some people end up there. Brighton or the homeowners could do more to mark their property. I've accidentally ended up there once or twice and I honestly didn't know those roads were private property. Confronting people with a gun for a simple mistake is completely unnecessary, when you decide to live next to a busy ski resort.
As a property owner it is known that you need to protect yourself from trespassers. You don't know who they are, why they are there or what they are capable of. The gun generally isn't to scare the trespasser away but to help them want to leave peacefully, with no bloodshed.
With all the time that trigger happy homeowner spends looking for conflict he could be putting up a fence to mark his property and stop this from happening for good.
For all you green hair losers defending the snowboarder, here is the Utah state law on protecting your property. "“The individual right of the people to keep and bear arms for security and defense of self, family, others, property," So trespassing means it's legal to bring out the gun.
What a real jerk! That’s saying it nicely. Sitting there in his chair with nothing better to do?! “Most people living in that area consider it part of living there” Just how close was his home? Some people really need to get a life! Crazy people! I’m glad he got charged and will be going to court! You said there were private property signage, yet I read an article that states the police were unable to locate any private property signage in the area of the resort from which Richardson supposedly entered Stebbings’ property.
He was trespassing. I know your low IQ won't know what that is, so look it up. Plus Utah is gun friendly, so the guy could have shot him and not be charged.
People in these comments don't understand the full story. This property backs a ski resort and the boarder was heading to his ski in ski out house he rented. The neighbor was way out of line. The neighbor needs to discuss his concerns with the owner renting out the airbnb with the ski in/out accommodation. Not the renters thinking they have access.
Do your research and track in legally not barrowing through other people's property.
It's his property and the snowboarder was trespassing. Cope harder.
@@FloofDog44for it to be trespassing, you need to be informed. Without signage or him personally being told to not come there, it's not trespassing. Cope harder
Imagine living next to a ski resort in the backcountry and not expecting to see someone wonder onto your property (that isn't marked). Some people have more dollars than sense.
If possible, imagine having property that’s been in your family for several generations, being raised in the “back country” and the adjacent property owner sells to someone wanting to build a ski resort, even possibly a hotel or condos. (I don’t know that this is the case, but it could be. We don’t know.) Sometimes one needs to expand their minds enough to view from different perspectives. This sounds like it’s been an ongoing problem between the two property owners. Possibly the same snowboarders even. Some snowboarders aren’t so “harmless” as you’d stated in your other comment, and behave like teen gang skateboarders. Who knows what drove this man to this? He’s not right brandishing a weapon to protect his property, imo. And he certainly needs to post signage stating Private Property. Adding a fence may be more dangerous to the snowboarders than his brandishing though… Depends on the property view and how fast they go. But it sounds to me like you’re most likely correct about it being “back country” justice.
@CrunchyCelery Well l, thankfully, common sense and law take precedence over "how do I feel about this"... while your explanation gives a plausible reason he acted that way, even if entirely speculated, it doesn't justify his actions. At the end of the day if he keeps acting like that he's gonna end up in front of a judge and O promise you that "ive lived here for generations" storyline wouldn't get far. thats the bottom line. In that context... how he "personally" feels and his perspective are irrelevant.
"wonder" onto your property? New to english? There was also No Trespassing signs posted, but the snowboarder is a retard, just like you.
No comment about those pants?
Because snowboarders are scary criminals?
Worse, they are tourists usually from California and Californians are ruining Utah
@@RageUnchained go gatekeep somewhere else. You aren't wanted either
@@RageUnchained Cultah is nothing special lol
@@TheMetalMachinist Where's "Cultah", loser?
I can understand not wanting a bunch of snowboarders riding your driveway when you or others are trying to get in and out or getting injured on your property.
It’s evident that so many people commenting on here that are simping for the cabin owner have not ever been here and clearly have no idea about the terrain in this area and the amount of traffic this resort gets vs the location of this snowboarder’s SKI IN / SKI OUT AirBnB that he rented vs this guys property. If you did you would understand how ridiculous his response was.
It’s a society in decline when people think that this was an appropriate reaction.
@@madvillain1987society is already in decline and has been for a while. Now we’re just seeing the results of it. It will get worse.
Entitlement is at the root of it, and it colors this entire interaction, from every perspective (from the snowboarders, to the AirBnB owner, to the cabin owner). No one has any consideration empathy or respect for anyone else anymore.
The snowboarder did nothing malicious and respectfully got himself out of the situation by walking back the way he came.
It would almost be funny for me to purchase some property out there just so I could walk around ON MY OWN PROPERTY armed to the teeth just for the skiers who are too dumb or lazy to do about two minutes worth of research to find out where the property lines are. That really doesn't seem to difficult. Why did this even make the news?
Okay, then I can just walk into your backyard, and you're not allowed to complain about it or restrict access to your property. Bet you wouldn't like that, huh? It's called private property for a reason. I carry a firearm on my property. You gonna cry about that, too?
Remove the blur. We deserve to know who that was
Agreed. I'd like to send him a "congratulations" note for protecting his property if it indeed was his.
Yeah from the big bad scary snowboarders! How's that wall of yours coming along?
@@JohnHowell-xg9uk Must protect my driveway from the invasive snowboarder 😂😂😂
His name is Keith Stebbins and apparently he’s a ski instructor which is surprising!
You don't deserve anything. Cope and seethe.
The bottom line is is if you own property and you don’t want people on your property you don’t want peoples animals on your property then you build a fence or post your property every hundred feet so people can see it. There are ways to keep people off your property, without pulling a gun on them that man should be charged with brandishing a weapon anybody else would’ve been
They didn't brandish anything. He exercised a right. Cry more, snowflake.
He didn’t threaten the guy with his gun. He had his gun. It’s a open, carry state, his own his property go somewhere else with that crap snowflake.
people hate ikon
His response would be warranted if he were out in the middle of nowhere, but if you buy property up in Brighton and you don’t have clear markings or a fence, you should expect to have snowboarders stumble through every now and then. That comes with the territory.
No property owner, regardless of where the property is, should ever be forced to allow strangers onto their property.
@@SamuelAtkinson-k7o It's not a matter of being 'forced' to allow them. It's a matter of being understanding of other people and the area where you live. Yes, he was within his rights to carry a weapon and tell him to get off his property but that doesn't mean he wasn't being a d!ck about it.
The property owner needs to post more "Private Property" signs
"Robinson admitted to mistakenly crossing over into Stebbings' property, but a later investigation found that there was no private property signage at the residence."
So if you r a property owner anywhere & someone walks across your property you can confront them with a gun? I live on a corner lot & people walk across my property everyday. I have signs up but it still happens.
No, you can tell them to leave and if they dont then you can call the police to charge them with treapass. This is just assault and its a crime and the other dude wasnt even trespassing because he left the second he was made aware that he wasnt allowed he left which is all legal
The whole thing seems ridiculous. Just some unhappy guy with nothing better to do. I'm sure he feels proud.@@1stdragon123
Like I said if I'm outside in my yard@@jbrown4137 Like I said if anyone is outside in there own yard & you have a concealed permit & someone walks into your yard do u pull the weapon out? I guess it all depends on the situation. If he was threatened than yes. Sounds like someone accidentally skied across his property & he chose to display a weapon & make threats.
Yes, absolutely, if I'm paying the taxes on the property then I can 100% carry a weapon anywhere on my property. Why is this concept so hard for people to grasp?
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I'm pretty sure the homeowners won't be happy when the resort puts a big, ugly wall up to keep this from happening again 😂
If I was the homeowner, I would ask the resort if there was anything I could do to assist with building some type of barrier. I would think that would be more ideal than having to bring a weapon with me just to walk on my own property.
People don’t understand the situation. Skiing/snowboarding off resort is completely legal, there’s actually a gate at the top of that lift that people use to go to that specific back bowl. The overwhelming majority of these cabins have zero signs for private property, no fences, no clear boundaries for what public and what’s private. If the man in this video feels so strongly about “what’s his” he should put up a fence & gate, or maybe don’t live at the bottom of a f*cking ski resort!
I'm pretty sure you don't have no trespassing signs on your property. So can I come over and just go throughout your property without recourse due to no signage? If I go backpacking in the wilderness I make sure I am not tracking through other people's property. I suggest people snowboarding or skiing should do the same. It is the responsibility of the person skiing or snowboarding to know where the boundaries are.
You have the responsibility as a landowner, living next to public land, to mark your boarder properly if you don't want potential trespassers. Otherwise, land looks like land.
@@thomas8798 exactly
@@garrettsimson1There is absolutely no signage down there and it is easy to go too far south and end up in a neighborhood. The Traverse back to resort boundaries is difficult to find unless you ride there all the time. Hidden Canyon is a great area and completely public forest land. It's very easy to stray onto private property without knowing. It was a snowboarder trying to find his way, not a burgler. Imagine pulling a gun on someone walking up you walkway simply cause you don't know them....psychotic.
@@thomas8798 he does have “no trespassing” signs. Channel 5 news chose not to show them.
Many people have told me he yells at chipmunks in trees in the summer. Tried of winning so much?
People on here have no idea what they’re talking about. The homeowner was way out of line. Maybe put a sign up or just give folks a heads up somehow that they’re trespassing.
Also, trespassing means you enter someone’s property knowing you shouldn’t be there. If the property isn’t well signed, there’s really no way to prove the skiers/snowboarders weee trespassing. And there’s certainly no reason to brandish an arm.
The homeowner was not even a little bit out of line. If skiers don't want to research the area in order to find out what's public land and private land then I don't see why that's the homeowner's problem at all. We all have internet right in our hands that can provide that information. Just because the skier is too dumb or lazy to check then yes, he may just get to deal with a guy with a weapon. Tough. Better luck next time.
He didn't "brandish" anything. He carried it. Cry more.
Brighton puts up fence around entire property, home owners try to block it
What a jerk the home owner was!
“Unless extenuating circumstances exist, such as prior convictions, the Utah criminal code considers unlawfully brandishing a weapon to be a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine up to $2,500.”
*Don’t brandish weapons, settle your dispute in court* 🙄
So was the snowboarder on private property?
Yes, as the video says he was on a private road.
Snowboarder overhyped this , how was it excessive exactly
Its crazy how normalized guns are to you americans.
What is this , "Deliverance "
Respect other people's property!
The first crime was trespassing.
Everything else was a response to crime being committed.
The area is ABSOLUTELY marked as, "No Trespassing." Stop the nonsense!
If it was a cop instead of a skier, the comments on here would be more on the homeowner's side. Some people are both idiots and very predictable.
Once is ok, day in day out probably a different issue
Not if you live next to the resort and don't post any signs. Try taking steps before sitting on a road with a shotgun.
@@EvansCantStop obviously. The shotgun was uncalled for imo
@@EvansCantStopIt's his property and his 2A rights. Your feelings don't override that.
The shotgun was an old family heirloom, from the looks of it. Living in that area, I suspect it was more intended for protection from wildcats and mountain lions. This corner of the valley isn't safe for people or their pets, as the critters are coming down at all hours for a quick meal.
(We also have neighbors who raise attack animals for whatever reasons)
Ski resorts should be posting the boundaries for legal public skiing and the no-go zones as a benefit to their customers. Property owners should also get signs up everywhere. Even yard flags will help guide people towards go and no-go zones. The resort and the owners need to come to terms, or this will get worse.
Or don't point a gun at someone not threatening you at all.
Or stay off private property 🤷♀️ he didn't get hurt, but he learned a valuable lesson about researching where they are allowed to go and being respectful of the land/property
Have you ever been to Brighton or lived there?
Because if not, you don't know what you are talking about. And if you do, then you know that part of living there means in exchange for Brighton keeping the roads plowed so residents can easily live there, residents have skiers and snowboarders traveling past to get home at the end of the day.
The mountain resort was literally built for the skiers and snowboarders. Now, this man has made the mistake of brandishing a weapon at innocent people who went through the designated gate to board and ski home.
Maybe the man is going senile, and forgot why he has plowed roads in his little resort community.
Maybe he's just a jerk.
Doesn't matter.
This is not the way to get what he wants.
@@EvansCantStopHe didn't point it. Stop being so sensitive over someone exercising their rights.
I had a problem where a family in our neighborhood decided that it was okay to go on anybody's properly posted or not. I had construction going on with a water pipe line and I didn't want anyone getting hurt. I had it posted out in the middle of the forest I'm on a suburban like street but since I don't have a fence these kids kept coming into my yard and I told them to leave friendly I said if they didn't leave I would get the sheriff The boy said we can play anywhere we want. I said no it's private property and I've told you I don't want you playing in my yard. All of a sudden their mother was there I called the sheriff screaming and yelling at me telling me it was national Forest I said no the national forest is eight blocks that way. The national Forest has no houses in it unless it's private property and it's posted cuz yes some areas of the national Forest does have private property in it with houses. But not our area it's all houses. Sheriff's department came out talked to me went over talk to her turned out Guess who were the burglars who had been burglarizing all the houses in the neighborhood they've been slowly working their way up the street and mine was going to be next her kids and her nephews who was 19 and 21. Her husband who was a professional thief was in jail at the time. Once he got out of jail she stayed with him and he taught his children how to become really good thieves. Yeah they got my neighbor for 20 grand worth of tools out of his garage he caught him in the garage The kid laughed at him. Yeah that's how bad this family is some people don't care and believe me we live in a tourist trap town snowboarders and skiers all the time and they cut through your property they park in your lawns They do anything they can because the city doesn't want to stop them from coming here tourists have right away they can do anything they want They can kick snorkeling drunk and I had one who broke into my house through the front door He was so drunk he didn't know where he was poor All I could do was just scream at him I thought at first it was my husband coming through the door but then I realized wait a minute why would my husband break down the door yeah luckily he was drunk enough that a screaming band she have a woman holding a hammer Adam scared him and made him run. Cops had him two blocks down He couldn't go far because there was so much snow and there was no other place at my place was plowed and he had gotten off the bus didn't know where he was He was looking for a place to sleep everywhere else was 6 ft tall 6 ft deep berms and he couldn't get over him he was that drunk. Where I live there aren't very many full-timers during the snow season we're not close enough to the ski slope I don't know why in the world he was out here but they said he was with friends but he'd stayed later on the slope They went ahead and came home and my house kind of looked like the one that they were staying at Yes quite a few of the houses in this neighborhood were built at the same time with this odd little A frame on the front. So that's why he broke my door. I'm sorry I side with the property owner. This is what's wrong with America disrespect for the property owners for the people who have worked hard. All you people seem to think that Oh if you don't like it you should just move Oh if you don't like it it's all right away it's what we earned it's what we want it's what we are no it's not just wait until it's you on the other end of getting screwed.
If there are any snowboarders that have never been found, somebody might want to look into that guy. lol.
Pissed he caught in wife's housecoat!
Well now that he went viral he got exactly what he wanted: no one can now claim they didnt know is private land. 😂
You absolutely can claim that if you haven't seen the video
2:52 - 2:56 - NO, it wasn't excessive. The landowner probably just HAD HIS FILL of entitled, selfie-obsessed snowboarders too busy trying to record ever second of their uninteresting lives - instead of paying attention to where they were going.
This is a big problem nationally and it could have ended poorly. There is a case out of new york where a girl got shot and killed just for pulling into the wrong driveway. I'm sure this guy could build a better barrier / fence or complain or sue the resort. All better options then being a nut job in a lawn chair with a gun.
For everyone on here saying the homeowner was wrong, if the cops show up wothout a warrant you're not only allowed to tell them to leave but you're also allowed to be armed while doing it. Did the skier have a warrant? Doubt it.
Glad the scary homeowner got charged.
But did he get arrested? And does he have a court date?
@@elainenilsson5472 that usually follows but I don't live in salt lake county (thank goodness) the county I live in the county attonery's office follows through with the arraignments etc
It didn't seem to me that he was brandishing a gun, he had it in his hands. There's animals up there that can eat you, as well as people coming in with little or no respect for property rights. Yes there's a ski resort next door, but you should stay in the resort area. I snowboarded and skied for 20+ years, you can usually tell when you're in an area you're not supposed to be in. Get off my property doesn't seem that unreasonable, even with profanity laced in. You're by yourself in some place you're not supposed, it could have been a story about a missing person instead. Seems like a better alternative than being cancelled by the woke left mob that posted this on social media.
What happens when your resort doesn’t mark the property lines of their runs. Not on private property. If you get injured (which is very common in these sports) the property owner is liable. Their property or homeowners insurance will have to pay a butt load of money. The property owner shouldn’t have been pushed so far.
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@@ullrikegabler yep.. opinions are
like a$$holes… everybody’s got one.
@@CrunchyCelery oh no 😢 the poor property owner who conveniently moved next to a popular ski resort is pushed to his limits for encountering a harmless snowboarder. How absolutely tragic....literally get over yourself.
@@TheMetalMachinist lol you’re hilarious! I was only outlining how people get injured and are advised by attorneys that the homeowners insurance policy for the private property owner, or ranch owner… The lawyers go where the money is and those liability limits are always in the hundreds of thousands. Lawsuit filled and injured person is awarded. Rates go up for the property owner. That’s IF he can be insured at all…
If you are lucky enough to be buying property, and have your own home, you likely have a homeowners insurance policy. The kid ‘playing basketball in the street that runs for his ball in your gravel driveway’, falls and breaks something, can sue you for your gravel bring uneven of some stupid crap. Or the Amazon delivery driver climbs the steps to your house, falls it trips, breaking something… They find your steps are concrete and have shifted by a couple centimeters. Boom. You’re liable and they may possibly win in a lawsuit.
I was only telling a story… high lighting how litigious American society is… A different perspective than the incessant political rhetoric spewed on social media. In fact, the person that had the gun pulled on them could possibly sue and win for the cost of therapy in recovering from the ‘PSTD they endured’ from being accosted by a crazy person with a firearm.
I’ve seen burglars sue the homeowners of the houses they robbed, because they were hurt by the homeowner. I’ve also seen brothers sue brothers for spraining their ankle while visiting and not seeing a sunken living room. It’s silly, but people always seem to look fit the $.
In short, I have nothing to “get over”. But this society sure does… As far as the property owner that bought property beside a ski resort or run, caveat emptor. Everyone is liable somehow. Just depends on how liable you want to be.
I think the homeowner could have handled a little differently but I don't know the situation but you just don't go all Rambo nobody's breaking in his home I think it was just an honest mistake I think that they should put signs
Brighton should build a giant wall around that guys house and charge him a fee every time he wants to use their road to leave. Eventually the fees can pay for his new fence.
Blurred his face out of respect or…
Use of his privilege 👀
Blurring the dudes face is a joke. Let’s protect the criminal. 😅
Thumbs down if you've just finished your YellowStone boxset, have your shotgun at the ready, and can't remember the last time you were intimate with someone.
It's the property owners property he can show his gun all he wants. And he can swear and yell all he wants. it's his private place.
Okay, Boomer - back to Yellowstone boxset.
Pulling a gun even on private property is not legal everywhere.
Watching too much Yellowstone. Knowing that snowboarders aren't there to burglarize anyone just wanted to feel powerful. Guns make weak people feel strong, and that's when it gets scary.
So you're saying that there's never been even one single snowboarder ever to commit a crime? Wow.
@@SamuelAtkinson-k7o what a terrible attempt to take something completely out of context to make a ridiculous point. This is in response to the video which is showing someone actively in the process of snowboarding. Obviously I didn't mean any snowboarder ever.
How does the homeowner know that this particular snowboarder isn't going to commit a crime? We're not all psychics. And if I were a betting man, I would suggest that the homeowner didn't have his weapon for snowboarders. Maybe animals? I'm not all knowing like you but I wouldn't think that having a gun makes me weak. Are there bigger animals in those woods? You might be able to fight off a bear or mountain lion with your bare hands but I'll take the "weak" approach with my weapon.
@@SamuelAtkinson-k7o All knowing like me? Are you watching the video? The man feels empowered to talk down on the person because he is holding a weapon, jumping to the conclusion that the person is knowingly trespassing. And your explanation doesn't even make sense, clearly grabbing at straws. I wouldn't want my neighbor casually walking around with a rifle like that, in fear he might happen across a dangerous animal. So is he going to start shooting in his neighborhood if a bear comes? And you want to make excuses for this man and show no sympathy for the guy clearly not understanding where he is at and is acting in submission and fear because he happened to make a wrong turn?
The homeowner is absolutely empowered to talk down to anyone who is not supposed to be on his property, weapon or not, and I'm definitely not going to make excuses for the snowboarder for his ignorance. Maybe next time he goes out he will research property lines first. What's his excuse for that? Dumb? Lazy? Who knows? So what should the property owner do? Open his land and home for anyone who just happens to want access? That's both dumb and dangerous. This is really a dumb thing to argue about. Just do research and stay off other people's
That snowboarders just sucks. When he left the ski area boundary, he knew exactly where he was. I guarantee that the home owner contacted the ski area numerous times previously, and was ignored…Maybe the ski area should do a better job about educating their customers, not just taking their money
I love the localism here - 🙄
Why is this on the news lol
These cocky snowboarders often go wherever they want and ignore no trespassing signs. They asked for this confrontation.
2:18 - 2:20 - NOT IF THE PERSON ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE and lives in a county absent of an over-zealous DA. People carry guns for protection against wild animals in the back country ALL THE TIME.
In New Hampshire the landowner must post a No Trespassing Sign. If you don't people will be on their property.
Wonder how many ropes he ducked to end up over there.
None. GW sidecountry was open that day
None, Brighton has always had an opening for people to ride back to the report and numerous places to stay at the end of the day.
Decades of skiers, and then more decades of snowboarders and skiers, have safely navigated that area. Brighton pays for upkeep on the road that man lives on, and part of buying property there is understanding that skiers and snowboarders will be coming through the trails in the evening on their way home.
This is an unfortunate reflection of a shift in US social fabric, that people think a gun makes them an authority over others.
If he doesn't want snowboarders or skiers coming through an established path, then he needs to fill the path on his property, mark his property clearly, and pay for the road access that Brighton has been providing.
Or move.
Or ask his elected representatives to help him come up with another solution that doesn't include brandishing weapons at innocent people.
Zero. You clearly don't know what you're talking about.
That dude musta been from California with how his response is
What's so difficult to understand that you are absolutely allowed to carry a weapon on your own property? And you are absolutely not supposed to be forced to allow anyone on your property. That doesnt seem like something that even should be up for debate.
Do not trespass!
So you're fine if I pull a gun on your kid if he accidentally comes on my property? That makes sense.
Landowners need to do a better job of posting their property. Some of the responsibility needs to go to them. This kind of thing happens all of the time and it’s the land owner that gets away with it while hunters and other people that have no idea that the land is even marked or private end up with a ticket and they don’t even know where they are, I do get that it is the persons responsibility to know where they’re at but it is also the landowners responsibility if you want people off your property fence them out
Um, why can't people just pull up a map with the property lines on it so they make sure they don't go off public property? Seems easy enough, right? You can literally do that in about one to two minutes on your phone. Even the cheap phones can do it.
have a lot of land and people wheeling on it 24-7 , when i see them i call in the 155's -NO i ask them about water and if they camp please put out fires , give them MY ph number at times they help me A!
Its perfectly fine for the man to keep ppl warned off his land, they don't want to pay to ski at Brighten, that doesnt mean they can ski on his property.Get a grip big crybabies.
Still doesn’t justify he pull a gun just for snowboarding on a small part property
If you knew the area, you'd know anyone riding that area had to take Great Western up, therefore they had to pay at to get on the lift. If you're riding out of hidden, you can easily go a little farther than expected and end up near houses. I personally try to always respect people's property but it's almost impossible on a snowy powder day to completely know what's what.
If you don’t pay his taxes. Stay off. Don’t cry about it.
Dont go on private property❣️
I am with the owner. How dare someone use this owners property without asking! I would be very upset also! Like I said I’m with the homeowner!
It’s responsibility of the boarders and skiers to know where to go thru.
The law states that a no trespassing sign is sufficient. This property owner had multiple no tress passing signs. Your making an incorrect statement.
@@troyseeley3648read other articles or watch the boarders video, there were no signs and the boarder was staying at a property close by. He was boarding to his rental property with his friends.
@@PunchingCacti you CANT shoot People for tresspassing. The signs only need to be posted at the Property line. Which they were in the current situation.
So how do you holster your rifle?
And the responsibility for property owners to post their land properly if they are so concerned about it. This was the wrong way.
You do realize there is no cameras in the woods. That phone can aaaaah disappear! Along with you. Know the boundaries and where other properties are. The property owner is correct in his actions. HIS LAND NOT YOURS!
The more the property tax goes up, the more possive land owners are going to get.
Also if the trespasser gets hurt.
They can try and sue the land owner. He got off easy. Some of us land owners aren't so forgiving. The least on my land, you would have been going to jail!!!!!
Are you serious? I'm all for stopping the kid and explaining that it's a private road, but pointing a shotgun in his direction? Yikes. Also, not sure what "possive land owners" are.....
I have a feeling you don't own any land, and if you do it's definitely not next to a ski resort 😂
In this day and age it is better to be armed...especially when you are going to tell someone to get off your land.
ya like a snowboard has an ar 15 with him
@@diver3444 The home owner does not know that. Think of what the Mayor added...on his property people start trespassing at 5:00 AM and trek across all day....probably including snow boarders, skiiers, snow shoe'ers...and maybe just hikers. That is a lot of people...strangers coming up the valley...it would be foolish to extend them all the credit of good will and common amity...especially with hard drugs being in the mix these days.
Better to be armed.
Somr of yall think the boarder is the entitled one and thats scary. Uou people gonna shoot someone for pulling i to yoyr driveway by mistake next?
Love the comments in this section.
How do you “encounter” a “scary weekend” ?
This isn't Europe where the government gives you the privilege to walk around anyone's property as you see fit, this is America, stay out of people's territory.
If you live within hundreds of feet of a highly trafficked ski resort, mark your boundaries better. You don't get to terrorize people because you chose to live at the bottom of a public ski resort. America or not, don't be a dickhead
Even the cheap phones can pull up a map with the property lines drawn out. What was this snowboarders excuse? Oh yeah, he's an idiot.
Whatta Karen you are.
Stay off his property. Hes has a right to protect his land
But to threaten with a gun. Not okay
Ski resorts will have rope boundaries on their trails. This guy knew what he was doing when he went off bound. And then play victim and said he didn’t know 🤦🏽♂️
As a gun enthusiast myself, I would've laughed at his nasty looking pump action shotgun and would've told him to throw that piece of junk out and get a Benelli or RIA tactical shotgun. Remember, old boomers like that think they're tough with their gun until you start telling them everything that's wrong with it 😂 What a crappy old dude and even crappier looking shotgun lol. My gosh, if you're going to bring out a gun on your property do it the right way and bring out a modded, FDE, 300 blk, and customer forend with a magpul sling
It's his property he can deal with the trespasser in the manner he sees fit
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If the local government refuses to do anything about lawbreakers, citizens will take matters into their own hands.
Like what…..pulling a gun out, let’s see how that turns out for you
So when homeowners don't properly mark their property boundaries it's the governments fault for not doing anything? What a stupid point of view
The property was marked with multiple signs. Your making an incorrect assumption.
Sorry you've never been to a ski resort.
Good, they can arrest the man brandishing his weapon.
As a gun owner myself, and a person who has stayed in Brighton on multiple occasions, I am aware that staying in any of the homes around the resort gets me roads that are kept plowed by the Brighton ski resort, in exchange for having easy access to the slopes **and** having local & tourist skiers and snowboarders coming through on their way to the hostel, chalets, and hotel.
If I buy a permanent home there, I know that people will be boarding and skiing through, and I have a responsibility to fence and clearly demarcate any area I want them to stay out of... **NOT** brandish a weapon at people like a 2 year old having a temper tantrum with his toy gun.
Hopefully the law will hold this man fully accountable for his choices.
"Trespassing goofs find out they don't own the world."
Entitled homeowner expects people to psychicly know where his property boundaries are
@@knassbruckles3355 They left the resort. Stop defending idiots. This backwoods sh** happens all the time and we have to use taxpayers dollars to save these idiots from the avalanches they cause. Miss me with that garbage take.
I was at Atla in the 90's went to the dead goat after work., everyone except me and my friends had pistols. The 15 guys surrounded us at the bar in a semicircle, we get up and go to the other room, same thing. I told them I was exmilitary and they were cowards. 30 years later, still afraid. Spend your money in Colorado, they like Americans more.
It is a girly world.
I know exactly where you were riding..Out of bounds to get thru to those cabins..Stay in bounds and you wouldnt have that problem.I would be pissed to if you were on my property.
It's completely legal to ride hidden canyon backcountry. We are 100% allowed to ride out of bounds in that area, 100% legal
@nephimcknight5832 Not if the ropes are up buddy..
@thereptilecult6864 Dude no its not..There doesnt have to be sign etc etc to say your on someones property..If your on it..Your on it..Thats trespassing..PERIOD.
@roddyw.7388 - there's literally a gate you go through to get there. I was up there today. The gate was definitely open the day this happened, you could see it on the video.
@nephimcknight5832 Yes it is legal to ride back there..But if you know the Mtn,which he doesnt..Theres a way to cut back over to the Great Western Chairlift,and show respect for peoples property who live here..
Good for the property owner. Stand your ground. The more you f around, the more you find out.
You’re uninformed on the geographical specifics of the situation here. Stand your ground for this is ridiculous.
🤦. Me saying stand your ground has nothing to do with, "castle doctrine", or "stand your ground" laws. It's merely a statement referring to standing up for what's yours.
And even still. The geographics are irrelevant. I do believe in Utah stand your ground laws apply to anywhere your legally allowed to be. Does it apply to simple trespassing, no. Not in this case, but if the snowboarder came up on him intending to do him harm it would.
But, as I said. Me saying stand your ground, in no way implies the law itself. It refers to the saying that existed long before any "stand your ground" law. It's a figure of speech.
Thanks Gomer.
@@politicaldissidence"if the snowboarder came up to him intending to do harm" you mean like what the guy sitting in a folding chair with a shotgun did to the snowboarder? How you you feel if a boarder shot him if they felt threatened?
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Open carry..case closed 2A..Take off hoser!
If anyone is against this guy exercising his constitutional rights on his own property, you're what's wrong with America. Snowboarder should learn his sense of entitlement has consequences.
Private property!!!!
I think we should have the right to wander like the UK. Can be on any property as long as you don’t hurt it
Easy solution, don't go there again! Look, this property owner had a chair in the driveway, he's been harrassed by trespassers many times. Just leave him alone.
With all his free time he spends sitting in a chair looking for people to harass, he could be putting up a fence or property boundary to actually stop this from happening once and for all. What a conflict loving moron with an itchy trigger finger
Brighton needs to ban that snowboarder for going out of bounds and that homeowner was well within his rights. Saying that and I'm no gun nut, either.
You're uninformed, Brighton allows you to go out of bounds as it's on public land.
That area has hardly any private property signs and everything is covered in ten feet of snow. Hard to tell if you're on private or public land usually
Entitlement. It’s the American way.
Stay the eff off of private property. If you want a place like that to snowboard then get a real job and work for decades to save for it. Of course that means you won't be snowboarding all that often anymore.
There are hardly any private property signs around there and everything is covered under 10 feet of snow, so it's difficult to tell the difference between public and private property
If you can't tell then don't go there. It is quite simple. "I didn't know" is no defense.
@@cvn6555 There is a gate from Brighton into the backcountry that leads to that area, with hardly any signs and no fences, so it's understandable that some people end up there. Brighton or the homeowners could do more to mark their property. I've accidentally ended up there once or twice and I honestly didn't know those roads were private property. Confronting people with a gun for a simple mistake is completely unnecessary, when you decide to live next to a busy ski resort.
As a property owner it is known that you need to protect yourself from trespassers. You don't know who they are, why they are there or what they are capable of. The gun generally isn't to scare the trespasser away but to help them want to leave peacefully, with no bloodshed.
Snowboarder won't be trespassing again. Good for the homeowner
Stay off private property. Stupid snowboarders need to be charged.
With all the time that trigger happy homeowner spends looking for conflict he could be putting up a fence to mark his property and stop this from happening for good.
I guarantee you would have no clue you were on private property if you were there
For all you green hair losers defending the snowboarder, here is the Utah state law on protecting your property. "“The individual right of the people to keep and bear arms for security and defense of self, family, others, property," So trespassing means it's legal to bring out the gun.