Is there jail time for discharging a firearm in city limits?
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oliviaduron
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Not where I live in Alabama. It is a fine unless you shoot from or into a car, house, or business. The key here is nothing is illegal till you get caught then I don't know you!
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No one really knows. One of the greatest problems with something like 12,000 gun laws on the books in the U.S. is that every state, every county and every municipality is different. Here in PA there is nothing that says on a federal or state level that you can't target shoot in your backyard if you wanted to. Yet, there are many municipalities that have ordinances that forbid discharging a firearm within township or city limits. In many cases it might be a summary or misdemeanor. So, what may be legal in your town may be illegal in the next. However, I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on TV.
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