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  • dantheman

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    Anybody know what the law says about shooting near a dwelling ? This would be East Baton Rouge Parish . Everybody I ask seems to have a different answer .
     

    AustinBR

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    https://library.municode.com/la/bat...ode_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT13CRLA_S13_93DIFI

    Sec. 13:93. - Discharge of firearms.
    (a) Shooting of firearms within the city. It shall be unlawful to shoot or discharge a gun, pistol, revolver, rifle or other firearm within the city except in a regularly established rifle or pistol range built and operated under the proper safety precautions. The prohibition of this section shall not apply to members of the federal, state or municipal government authorized to carry such firearms, when acting within the scope of their authority. (b) Discharge of firearms in the parish; definitions; exceptions.

    (1) The discharge of any type pistol or rifle for any purpose by any person within one-half mile of any street, road or house in the parish is hereby prohibited.

    (2) The discharge of other types of firearms, including shotguns of any description which may be used for the explosion of cartridges or air gun, BB gun, gas-operated gun or spring gun, for any purpose by any person within five hundred (500) feet of any street, road or house in the parish is hereby prohibited.

    (3) The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed so as to prohibit any person from discharging a firearm in the defense of his person, family or property.
     

    charlie12

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    Yep that's it. Pretty hard to shoot legally in EBR. On my 55 acres I can't legally shoot a pistol or rifle. When those punks killed the deer at my house at night from the road I was telling the EBRSO Deputy what the EBR Parish law was and she didn't have a clue
     

    dantheman

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    That's my point . Everybody has a different understanding of the law . Most are wrong .
     
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