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Did you relly not read the linked article? This is not a safety issue. This is political correctness and an attempt to further regulate the RKBA.
There are ranges and designated shooting areas on public lands. If hikers cannot educate themselves as to where these areas are located by reading the park maps or if they "freak out" by the noise of gunfire, perhaps they should keep their hikes to controlled environments.
I grew up in an outlying suburb on Albany NY. I used a .22 to keep the local dump rat population down. We kids would shoot anywhere we could set up targets in front of a proper backstop like a mound of dirt or the wall of garbage at the dump. There was plenty of room and we had been taught basic gun safety at a very young age.
I now live in a suburb where it is illegal to just go out in the woods and shoot because the woods are littered with houses. Except for the local gun club range there are no places to shoot in my town.
Just up the road in the city of Manchester there is a commercial indoor shooting range set up for pistol and low power rifle practice. To practice with higher power rifles is more difficult and expensive because that requires joining a private club with a proper range set up. A sportsman’s club in Nashua has a 600 yd rifle range. North of the Notch you can shoot pretty much anywhere you want if you own the land or have the owner’s permission. . You can hunt on any land not posted against hunting.
I am amused by folk’s complaints about the noise of gunfire at the range but they never complain about the fireworks between Memorial Day and Labor Day. After dark in July can sound like a low intensity firefight there are so many explosions.
IMHO placing restrictions on firearms on government land in the West because of the reaction of the city slickers to the noise is beyond foolish.
the better question is who was their first? Urban hikers need to understand there are places that have historically been used for hunting and shooting. STAY OUT.
One more time: I was just using hikers as an example, not trying to start a shooter vs hikers debate.
You know, I asked a simple question. You guys could score points if one of you would simply answer it.
Its a question, not a thinly-veiled aspersion. I just used hikers as an example.
I am genuinely curious. Let's say I procured a .22. Where would it be ok to go and just shoot cans or something? I cannot do it in my backyard.
In the South, there are many publicly-run shooting ranges that anyone can go to and shoot into what is normally a backstop of dirt pushed up by a bulldozer.
Depending on your county laws you may also be able to target shoot on your own property, making sure on your own that you are shooting in a safe direction (e.g. into a mountain, large pile of dirt, downwards, etc.)
For example, Greenville County, SC does not allow you to target shoot on your own property without a permit of some kind. But if you go to Oconee County you can do so.
In the South, there are many publicly-run shooting ranges that anyone can go to and shoot into what is normally a backstop of dirt pushed up by a bulldozer.
Depending on your county laws you may also be able to target shoot on your own property, making sure on your own that you are shooting in a safe direction (e.g. into a mountain, large pile of dirt, downwards, etc.)
Good. Now we are getting somewhere.
So, I cannot bring it to the GW Natl Forest in Virginia or Shenandoah Natl Park, go down to the deep woods, and shoot it?
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