Practice Shooting on Your Private Property

[ptmmatssc]

I am fortunate , I shoot on my property and get no greif from the nieghbors . I simply went to them first and asked if they minded me shooting occasionally and the response was "no ,and thanks for asking first" . The reason I asked first was that I moved here after them . I view it the same way as people moving in by my gun club and complaining about the noise . Well , they knew it was there and still moved in . They were forewarned of the noise but still felt the need to complain . Works the other way also . If the nieghborhood was quiet prior to moving in , the people that were there first should get some consideration concerning something like shooting. Not saying a comprimise can't be reached , and I'm all about property rights , but sometimes you just are not going to get what you want .

 

[Jeff F]

About a week after moving to our new place we set up a back yard range and were practicing with sidearms. Nearest neighbor at least a quater mile away. About a half hour into shooting the sheriff pulls into the driveway and walks up on us. We see him, holster our weapons and walk over to see whats up. He tells me they had got a complaint and he had to check it out. He looked at our range and told us to go back to what we were doing. Never herd anything more after that and have been shooting for over a year now and still haven't met any of the neighbors.

 

[romma]

Just Have

a bunch of freedom loving gun enthusiasts flood the Town Hall like we did. http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=216994&highlight=montville

 

[Molon Labe]

I live in Ohio, and shoot a .50 BMG in my side yard. I never asked "permission" from anyone before doing it. I figured if there's no law that says I can't do it, then I can.

So far, the neighbors haven't complained. And if they did, I wouldn't care.

 

[cracked junior]

my neighbors havent said anything in like many many years of family shooting on my grandparents farm land. mostly because they shoot/hunt alittle, not as much as my family. and they also know that if we are shooting, that means we are target shooting or getting of rid animals that no body wants around, like coons, skunks, possums, coyotes, stray cats and dogs. i sometimes will shoot late at night, like midnight or even later. mostly because my dogs start barking like crazy about above animals being around the farm. and havent got any complaints yet.

i live on my grandparents farm, by myself most of the time, my parents stay here alot on the weekends. on a quarter sectionso 160 acres or so. nearest house is over half mile away. last night, parents, my uncle, his girlfriend, a few of my parents friends, were here watching college football games, we started shooting several guns for over an hour with no complaints.

another thing that helps, is the area is a hunting/fishing area, so the people are used to gun shots. and then alot of older people are retiring to the area that like the hunting and fishing the area offers. another thing that helps alot with keeping anti gun people out. the closest walmart is over 50 miles away.

 

[Art Eatman]

spencerhut, even something as simple as two walls, each of two 4x8 sheets of cheap plywood, will result in quite a bit of sound attenuation. If that's still "too loud" for the neighbors, it's an anti-gun attitude, not a noise problem.

Art

 

[Helstrm]

cracked junior,
You may want to look into your state laws. Here we can only shoot Coyotes at night with a .22 cal round. Shooting cats and dogs in most states will get you locked up for several years. Even Skunks are protected in some areas.

Also check and see if your state offers a "Range Protection act" Many states have this protection.

No sport shooting range shall be or shall become a nuisance, either public or private, solely as a result of changed conditions in or around the locality of such range if the range has been in operation for one year since the date on which it commenced operation as a sport shooting range. Subsequent physical expansion of the range or expansion of the types of firearms in use at the range shall not establish a new date of commencement of operations for purposes of this Code section.
(c) No sport shooting range or unit of government or person owning, operating, or using a sport shooting range for the sport shooting of firearms shall be subject to any action for civil or criminal liability, damages, abatement, or injunctive relief resulting from or relating to noise generated by the operation of the range if the range remains in compliance with noise control or nuisance abatement rules, regulations, statutes, or ordinances applicable to the range on the date on which it commenced operation.
(d) No rules, regulations, statutes, or ordinances relating to noise control, noise pollution, or noise abatement adopted or enacted by a unit of government shall be applied retroactively to prohibit conduct at a sport shooting range, which conduct was lawful and being engaged in prior to the adoption or enactment of such rules, regulations, statutes, or ordinances

 

[cracked junior]

as far as i know. i know of no such coyote laws. around here. people just want them dead. they are a non protected species. people will shoot them with whatever caliber they want to. whether its a 22 or a 30-06. here we have night hunting. you just cant be in a vehicle while doing such. and if its deer season. then you better not have a spot light. other wise if law enforcement sees the spotlight at night. they will ticket you for spot lighting deer.

skunks and other said species are protected by having seasons. but the law also says, if they are harming livestock or property, then you can kill them. and i just happen to have chickens, geese and turkeys, which are considered live stock. do have cows from time to time.

about twice a year. several sometimes a dozen people get together to have coyote hunting parties. they just drive around in trucks all day and night, looking for coyotes. once they get one spotted. they block the coyote in. and shoot it. and they havent got charged with anything yet. it bets it been going on for over 80 years. as my family has a old film of them doing this and my grandfather was about 5 at the time. they even use cb radios for talking to eachother in the trucks.

 

[tulsamal]

I'm remembering something one of the gun writers built and wrote about years ago. I _think_ it was Rick Jamison although I could be wrong. He took a bunch of old tires and lined them up. I remember he filled them with rocks held in with chicken wire or concrete. Anyway, the basic idea was the line of tires came right to the end of his bench. Something like 6 to 10 tires one right after the other and connected to each other. And then he would have the end of the rifle inside the first tire when he fired. Essentially he had a very large silencer that wasn't actually connected to the rifle muzzle. And which was big enough inside that he could easily see his targets. If you used large truck tires or something, you would have lots of room. The blast would get knocked down by a tremendous amount. I thougth at the time it would be a nice idea just so your own family doesn't have to deal with the concussion when you are doing load testing on your new super magnum!

Gregg

 

[spencerhut]

Gregg, That is a great idea. I know it's a really good idea since when we were shooing this weekend (with the county DA, PD among others) the very same idea was floated. Mind you the county DA said something to the effect of screw 'em. "How about we bring over the SWAT Team to your house for a practice day?" It was tempting. But I'm trying to be a good neighbor, not make my neighbors have a heart attack.
So we'll sick with pistols until I can construct some sort of sound deadening contraption.