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How can I make shooting .22lr safer on a smaller residential property?
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First, I think the OP sounds like a neighbor from hell. If my afternoon was disturbed by the sound of repeated gunfire 100 feet from my window I would be furious, and call the police. After the first call to the police is logged, any evidence of stray rounds becomes lawsuit fodder for reckless endangerment.
Second, a bullet trap is great, as long as you and everyone who ever uses it never misses. But if you are loading and unloading a gun in your yard, there is simply too great a chance that someday a bullet will go over the target and into a residential area. Not to mention ricochets. This is a lethal weapon with a long range, not lawn jarts.
Third, if you shoot toward the same ground for a reasonable period, there will be lead in the ground. Regardless of what you think about that, you and your real estate agent are legally obligated to disclose that fact. And if your agent hears about it from your neighbor, he STILL has to disclose it to perspective buyers. That's a stupid reason to fail to sell your home when you need to.
"Ensuring your backstop" means a 10 foot plus berm, long distance or other geographical barrier. Not a wood pile or bullet trap. Shooting in a suburb is rude and dangerous. Put up a badminton net or take up woodcarving - this is a dumb thing to do in the yard you describe.
Second, a bullet trap is great, as long as you and everyone who ever uses it never misses. But if you are loading and unloading a gun in your yard, there is simply too great a chance that someday a bullet will go over the target and into a residential area. Not to mention ricochets. This is a lethal weapon with a long range, not lawn jarts.
Third, if you shoot toward the same ground for a reasonable period, there will be lead in the ground. Regardless of what you think about that, you and your real estate agent are legally obligated to disclose that fact. And if your agent hears about it from your neighbor, he STILL has to disclose it to perspective buyers. That's a stupid reason to fail to sell your home when you need to.
"Ensuring your backstop" means a 10 foot plus berm, long distance or other geographical barrier. Not a wood pile or bullet trap. Shooting in a suburb is rude and dangerous. Put up a badminton net or take up woodcarving - this is a dumb thing to do in the yard you describe.
Theohazard
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So that means it would be legal to set up a bullet trap in my back yard in the middle of Miami and shoot my AR-15 all day long, provided the bullets were all captured in the trap? I find that extremely difficult to believe. Not saying you're lying or anything, but I'd sure like to know a little more.dogrunner said:FYI: In Florida, if that projectile stays on your property you are legal!.....That would even include downtown Miami.
Theohazard
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I agree with RX-79G. If you were in a rural area it would be a different story, but on a one-acre lot with neighbors on all sides it just doesn't make sense for all the reasons he described. Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's a good idea.
Art Eatman
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Given the absence of approval by any member, I see no point in continuing "more of the same". Bad ideas can sound acceptable at times, but that does not keep them from being bad ideas.
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