TFred
Regular Member
Two friends of mine were doing some recreational shooting this evening. Rural area.
Neighbors called the police, who showed up, were fairly cool about it all, but advised that they could be arrested for reckless discharge of firearms.
Apparently they were shooting from on private property into a local river. Small river, not an open body of water with risk of ricochet, etc. High bank on the other side of the river.
I did a quick read of both 18.2-56.1 and 18.2-280, and I don't see any law that covers this scenario, as long as there is no actual reckless shooting.
So it may not have been the smartest place to shoot, but strictly speaking legally, any idea of any actual law that was broken?
Sounds to me like the deputies were making stuff up.
TFred
Neighbors called the police, who showed up, were fairly cool about it all, but advised that they could be arrested for reckless discharge of firearms.
Apparently they were shooting from on private property into a local river. Small river, not an open body of water with risk of ricochet, etc. High bank on the other side of the river.
I did a quick read of both 18.2-56.1 and 18.2-280, and I don't see any law that covers this scenario, as long as there is no actual reckless shooting.
So it may not have been the smartest place to shoot, but strictly speaking legally, any idea of any actual law that was broken?
Sounds to me like the deputies were making stuff up.
TFred
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