12 Volt Man
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My brother in law and I tried to go shoot pistols at our normal range on Thursday night. The range was closed for an unknown reason, so we headed up the canyon. It was Farmington canyon if any of you are in Utah. We were on forest service land, and we were not sure of the legalities of being able to shoot there. We just figured we were in the mountians on a dirt road, so it must be ok. We set up and had 4 or 5 pistols laying on the hood of the truck. We were shooting into the side of the mountian, so we had a good backstop. Soon we see a county sheriff driving our way. We just put the guns down and stepped back and waited for him to get to us. He drove up and unrolled his window and then motioned for me to go over to him. He said, "You guys aren't shooting here are you?" I could not deny it as we had targets with holes in them on the side of the hill. I just said, "Yes we were." I suddenly got flashes of tickets, losing my guns etc........ Then all he said was, "You need to be at least 300 feet off the road", then drove away. We were actually on the road. it was a dirt road and no traffic. So we just packed it up and went home. I was very glad that the LEO chose to be cool about it. Kudos to the Davis County Sheriff Dept, and Officer Friendly