Archery targets in backyard?

[Quiet]

a property line does not reset the 500 foot rule, AFAIK

IANAL, etc.

That doesn't make sense to me...
why would they use the term "the land of another"

If the boundaries don't matter that word is totally unnecessary.

IAANAL

 

[Another_David]

That doesn't make sense to me...
why would they use the term "the land of another"

If the boundaries don't matter that word is totally unnecessary.

IAANAL

it just means you don't need written permission to shoot near your own dwelling but do need written permission to shoot within 500 ft of another person's dwelling.

Section 58. A person shall not discharge any firearm or release any arrow upon or across any state or hard surfaced highway, or within one hundred and fifty feet, of any such highway, or possess a loaded firearm or hunt by any means on the land of another within five hundred feet of any dwelling in use, except as authorized by the owner or occupant thereof.

 

[Quiet]

You have information that it has been interpreted in that manner, or a court decision? Anything?

I'm still confused by it.

 

[Another_David]

No where in that law does it say anything about "Written Permission". The law as written, if you are asked if you have permission and you say yes by mr/mrs so and so. It is up to the government to prove differently.

you're right in that you don't need written permission but now YOU are WRONG that you even need permission. The LAW AS WRITTEN and as I posted it states you need to be authorized.

but we really don't need to keep nit picking this do we?

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You have information that it has been interpreted in that manner, or a court decision? Anything?

I'm still confused by it.

ain't no law going to solve that

 

[Quiet]

ain't no law going to solve that

So I guess I'll assume you're just talkin out your hip pocket

 

[shotgunwilly870]

archery can be just as deadly as a gun, but it doesn't have the stigma. people see a bow and don't automatically call Elizabeth warren...

Unless you have one of these uppers

 

[Marty McFly]

Unless you have one of these uppers

need this now.

 

[Another_David]

So I guess I'll assume you're just talkin out your hip pocket

let me know how that works out and remind me to stop if I try helping you in the future

 

[Quiet]

let me know how that works out and remind me to stop if I try helping you in the future

I asked, exceedingly nicely, if you had any backup to what you were saying, and you came back with an insult. I'm sorry that the retort that I then offered so butthurt you.

 

[ephemeratta]

This other thread is relevant to this discussion. Something to chew on.
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/228942-Compound-Bows-are-now-firearms?highlight=oakham

 

[AntiHippie]

So, not to get off track here, but did we ever figure out if it was legal or not? I'm curious now.



Recently was surprised to find out it IS unlawful in my small Oregon town, but thankfully, completely unenforced. My mere suspicion is MA is similar. Can't recall ever having an issue with archery in my yard when I lived there, but I also can't imagine MA would forget to ban something.

 

[TBalls]

Can't recall ever having an issue with archery in my yard when I lived there, but I also can't imagine MA would forget to ban something.

Neither can I. My brother & I used to practice pretty regularly in both the backyard & sideyard (i.e. shooting practically from the sidewalk into the backyard), in Newton no less. We grew up on a very busy street, and no one ever said a word and no LEO ever seemed to notice/care.