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Just wondering how late is it legal to shoot?
Just wondering how late is it legal to shoot?
County Code 50.162 Nighttime shooting and spotlight hunting prohibited.
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[align=left]Except as otherwise authorized by law, it is unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm of any kind between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise or shine a spotlight between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise for the purpose of hunting a wild animal in the unincorporated areas of the county. [/align]
In Washoe County :
[align=left]County Code 50.162 Nighttime shooting and spotlight hunting prohibited.[/align][align=left][/align]Except as otherwise authorized by law, it is unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm of any kind between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise or shine a spotlight between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise for the purpose of hunting a wild animal in the unincorporated areas of the county.
Localities can regulate the discharge of firearms. That is the one thing they are still permitted to do per state law.
There's the important part, Comp-tech. Felid is correct in his understanding, the way I read it. A comma between "sunrise" and "for" would make all the difference.Except as otherwise authorized by law, it is unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm of any kind between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise or shine a spotlight between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise for the purpose of hunting a wild animal in the unincorporated areas of the county.
tarzan1888 wrote:
Of course you can shoot a bad guy after dark, all the discharge rules go away in self defense scenario, otherwise it would be illegal to shoot in your home - period.
I'm looking forward to seeing the flash from an AK-47 after dark! We were shooting Satuday evening near Sloan and as it was getting dark the muzzle flashes became apparent but not nearly as bright as they would have been in the dark Even though is wasn't really dark you could still see the sparks flying off of the 7.62 soft point rounds when they struck anything. We would have stayed later, but I started to get worried that it might be illegal. Thanks for the info.
Shane.
I've seen bright flashes from pretty much every caliber, and some loads for each that have had virtually no flash. However I can't think of any .357 load that hasn't put out a pretty good fireball, even quite obvious on a dark cloudy day. I love .357, and if I could find a good hollow point round with low flash I'd probably use it even more. Any recommendations?
Fortunately the combat league I shoot in requires a lot of low light and no light shooting, so it's a good chance to test how much flash particular loads have.
Way back in the day, we had a night shoot in the army where the tracers set the dry grass on fire, lighting up the whole range. It became a pretty easy shoot from there on out.