Newton County Firearm Discharge Ordinance, Got 80 Acres?

[mountainpass]

Video http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/local-gun-ordinance-under-fire/vw4bs/

http://www.covnews.com/section/1/article/38878/

While hunting would be exempted, one area that would not be is that recreation shooting and target practice. Several residents spoke Tuesday about how they shoot on their properties and how impractical a 350-yard requirement would be.

To put the distance of 350 yards of a residence into context for landowners, if a house sat in the middle of a circular piece of property, that property would have to be 80 acres or larger before a person could begin to fire a gun legally under the proposed ordinance.

 

[Zastava]

Suspect we will begin to see a lot of this proposed legislation.

 

[Byte Stryke]

is fo da chirrens!

 

[joeylee]

Maybe they should read our rights again

 

[oldmetlfan]

Just gotta get people to show up for the meetings!
They ****canned that kind of idea here in Jackson county because of the backlash.

 

[motorhead]

Who the heck is Newton county's commissioners , are ya'll in Newton co. sure they haven't turned COMMUNIST???????

 

[mountainpass]

http://www.newtoncitizen.com/news/2013/may/02/committee-has-draft-firearms-ordinance-in-place/

As proposed, discharge of firearms would be prohibited on property less than 2 acres, except in the case of exemptions such as hunting, protecting person or property, destruction of dangerous animals or for lawful nuisance wildlife abatement, for law enforcement and military, at shooting ranges or discharge of blank cartridges for theatrical purposes, signals at sporting events, military exercises, funerals etc.

#Head said the 2 acre requirement seemed like a good compromise. Previously, it was proposed that firearms discharge be prohibited in all zoning districts except agricultural, agricultural residential and rural estate districts.

#The draft ordinance also prohibits discharging firearms within 100 yards of any residence, place of public assembly or worship, not to include the residence of the individual discharging the firearm.

#Firing into any building, house, along or across a highway, at a person or motor vehicle would still be prohibited. In addition, discharging of firearms would be limited from one half hour after sunset until one half hour before sunrise

 

[Grdbreaker]

Who the heck is Newton county's commissioners , are ya'll in Newton co. sure they haven't turned COMMUNIST???????

The local leo is probably drooling for some new federal funded equipment!!

 

[thorn]

Those damned dangerous nuisance animals kept popping up, and I'm a terrible shot, so that's why I had to shoot a lot. And different calibers. With my friends. Every Saturday.

 

[jcountry]

Let them try that BS around here! There would be some politicians literally run out of town!