Hey guys,
I live in Danvers and the rabbits in my yard are out of control this year. I put up an expensive fence to protect my garden and they are still slipping through and decimating my vegetables. I'm about to go to Wally world and pick up a pellet gun and start reducing the population. My question is I looked up the town ordinances and need your opinion on if it looks like i can legally shoot them. here's the excerpt i found. any help would be super appreciated since stuff like this makes my wife extra nervous.
"Section 9. No person shall fire or discharge any firearms or explosives of any kind within the limits of any highway, park or other public property except with the permission of the Board of Selectmen; or on any private property except with the consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof; provided however that this by-law shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property nor to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties. (AUTH: ARTICLE 17, TM 3/17/58.)"
I live in Danvers and the rabbits in my yard are out of control this year. I put up an expensive fence to protect my garden and they are still slipping through and decimating my vegetables. I'm about to go to Wally world and pick up a pellet gun and start reducing the population. My question is I looked up the town ordinances and need your opinion on if it looks like i can legally shoot them. here's the excerpt i found. any help would be super appreciated since stuff like this makes my wife extra nervous.
"Section 9. No person shall fire or discharge any firearms or explosives of any kind within the limits of any highway, park or other public property except with the permission of the Board of Selectmen; or on any private property except with the consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof; provided however that this by-law shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property nor to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties. (AUTH: ARTICLE 17, TM 3/17/58.)"