Flintshooter
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- Jul 26, 2019
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Just a little curious about what laws are in different states and communities regarding shooting near residences in rural areas. I know in some states there is a specified distance you must be from a residence to discharge a firearm.
Here’s the burr under my saddle.
I have a workshop in a very small rural crossroads community. The building is a former two car garage that is sitting out by itself a little over 100 yards from both of the two county roads that pass through. On the road to the south are several houses, one of which is a rental. The renters have built a log backstop of maybe eight feet wide by six feet tall that is positioned so my shop is almost directly down range, and in the summertime when I’m mowing there have been occasions when I was directly downrange when they decided to start shooting. None of the neighbors who live out there are happy about them shooting so close to everybody, but local LE have told them there is nothing that can be done. I get the impression the two clowns doing the shooting are the type that asking them to at least refrain while I’m mowing would be a waste of time. Indiana has no law I can find to stop it but I have thought about trying to push a county ordinance and would like some examples from other areas.
Anybody who thinks I’m being unreasonable is welcome to stand at the fifty yard line at the range of their choosing while I shoot at a target two stations over.
Here’s the burr under my saddle.
I have a workshop in a very small rural crossroads community. The building is a former two car garage that is sitting out by itself a little over 100 yards from both of the two county roads that pass through. On the road to the south are several houses, one of which is a rental. The renters have built a log backstop of maybe eight feet wide by six feet tall that is positioned so my shop is almost directly down range, and in the summertime when I’m mowing there have been occasions when I was directly downrange when they decided to start shooting. None of the neighbors who live out there are happy about them shooting so close to everybody, but local LE have told them there is nothing that can be done. I get the impression the two clowns doing the shooting are the type that asking them to at least refrain while I’m mowing would be a waste of time. Indiana has no law I can find to stop it but I have thought about trying to push a county ordinance and would like some examples from other areas.
Anybody who thinks I’m being unreasonable is welcome to stand at the fifty yard line at the range of their choosing while I shoot at a target two stations over.