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Thread: State Law on Target Shooting
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May 5th, 2010, 11:03 PM #11
Re: State Law on Target Shooting
I've only investigated a few places myself, but townships seem less likely to restrict firearms discharge. It's usually boroughs and cities when it comes up at all. I've seen a lot of other people note the same thing from different areas around the state. You just have to look into it.
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May 6th, 2010, 10:01 AM #12Junior Member
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Re: State Law on Target Shooting
The laws differ from state to state and there would be different laws pertaining to different circumstances and so it is always advisable to contact the municipality and check for the guidelines about carrying the gun, and also what are the other things that you should be know if you are allowed to enter or move along with the gun.
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May 7th, 2010, 06:55 AM #14
Re: State Law on Target Shooting
"The right of the people to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves or the State shall not be questioned."
The "in defense" part would seem to require that a discharge take place, so in that sense, I believe the language actually does protect the discharge of firearms for actual defense.
While the language does not support target shooting, it should follow logically that the State would be ill advised to forbid competency in the use of firearms for that purpose. They know or should know that forbidding people practicing competency in the use of a constitutionally guaranteed right is negligent and an affront to that very right.
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May 7th, 2010, 08:05 AM #15
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May 7th, 2010, 08:31 AM #16
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Ditto for Worcester Twp. Those guys just LOVE being dragged out to enforce one of Worcesters 2 ordinances... one of them being that you must register your burglar alarm, and the other being that you cannot leave a car with a for sale sign in the window parked anywhere in the township.
(j/k, there are others, but the point is that getting them enforced is next to impossible. The PSP has better things to do with their time)
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May 7th, 2010, 06:17 PM #17
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November 16th, 2010, 09:19 PM #18
Re: State Law on Target Shooting
Yea I know, old thread, but I don't think the original question was ever really answered.
As far as shooting on your own property, wouldn't the 150 yard rule apply? Not so much for your own structures, but rather those of your neighbor? Or is this just for hunting?
Then again, at some point the safety of what you're doing could be called into question, or if there is an ordnance against it. Then that part time zoning officer will come by and say hello... maybe.
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November 17th, 2010, 02:46 AM #19
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Safety zones only apply to hunting situations.
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November 17th, 2010, 03:26 AM #20
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The cases I've seen, at least locally, that were ruled as self defense, the 'discharging firearms' charge was dropped. The whole point of the law is to prevent target shooting in highly populated areas. In the City of Altoona, which has such an ordinance, there's really no safe place to be discharging a firearm.
If common sense existed we'd have no reason for these laws. I have no proof, but it would make sense that there is some 'necessity' exception to this law. Therefore if it's necessary to discharge a firearm in self defense the charge would be dropped..."Improvise. Adapt. Overcome."
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