Your barbecue story reminds me of a good practical joke to play on your new neighbors.  You know how most people fire up their grill without opening it to check it out first?  Well scour the freeways for a couple pounds of nice roadkill.  Then put it into your neighbors grill and close the cover.  When you see the smoke indicating that he has started his grill, call the police and tell them he is grilling neighborhood pets.

Free men do not ask permission to bear arms!!