Post by subzero350 on Jan 20, 2016 17:16:18 GMT -5
During the recent muzzleloader season, I was nearly shot (while sitting in my treestand) by a resident 300 yards away who was target shooting in his backyard, using a hillside as his backstop. The bullets were bouncing off the frozen hillside and cutting thru a tree not 4 feet from my head.
The County Sheriff's Deputy who showed up to make a police report on my behalf inspected the hillside and told me it was "not a legal backstop" to use for a shooting range. He did not cite what local or state law specifies what can or cannot be used as a backstop.
Question 1:
What does the state law say about backstops (what can and cannot be used) and does it allow or prohibit, on private property owned by the shooter, to set up an outdoor shooting range that only they or their immediate family use as long as it isn't prohibited by a local town or city ordinance?
Question 2:
Does the state law allow for one to construct a private shooting range inside their house (like in a basement) for private use only by immediate family? Or is a permit required from the local government entity for such use? (I ask this question because I plan on building a house in a few years and I am kicking around the idea of building my own private handgun shooting range in the basement, if it is legal).
The County Sheriff's Deputy who showed up to make a police report on my behalf inspected the hillside and told me it was "not a legal backstop" to use for a shooting range. He did not cite what local or state law specifies what can or cannot be used as a backstop.
Question 1:
What does the state law say about backstops (what can and cannot be used) and does it allow or prohibit, on private property owned by the shooter, to set up an outdoor shooting range that only they or their immediate family use as long as it isn't prohibited by a local town or city ordinance?
Question 2:
Does the state law allow for one to construct a private shooting range inside their house (like in a basement) for private use only by immediate family? Or is a permit required from the local government entity for such use? (I ask this question because I plan on building a house in a few years and I am kicking around the idea of building my own private handgun shooting range in the basement, if it is legal).
