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Shooting at my friends land (near a school)
My friend has some land in elizabeth. He has invited me to come over Friday after work to do a little shooting. My worry is that he lives near a highschool. We would mainly be shooting trap, and the clays will be thrown away from the school.
Here is a map with the school circled, and his property squared off.
Bad idea?
"An armed society is a polite society when a man may have to back his last words with gunplay."
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Nope not as long as you have a safe backstop and are not violating any city, county or state laws.
"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion." (Edmund Burke 1784)
Originally Posted by HunterCO
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my biggest worry is how close we are to the highschool.
"An armed society is a polite society when a man may have to back his last words with gunplay."
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Why? Looking at the map you are at least 2000ft away that is more than enough. Even Federal law is only 1000ft. I would be more concerned with makeing sure it is not a violation of some city ordinance. If the property is not inside city limits make sure it is not a violation of some county ordinance.
In Douglas county for instance they have a county ordinance that if there is more than x amount of people per sqaure mile you can not shoot on your property.
As long as there is no law against it shoot away I would not even worry about the school.
"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion." (Edmund Burke 1784)
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