Posted on 08/15/2012 12:58:29 PM PDT by marktwain
Zoning has given local authorities power far beyond that ever envisioned in the Constitution.
"No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands]" PROPOSED Virginia CONSTITUTION. FORD ED., ii, 27. (June, 1776.) Thomas Jefferson
I am free to cook... but I can't open a restaurant either
This isn't a typical gun issue, this is an issue of a city being able to regulate a business
I can and do (East San Diego County).
Fired off a couple of rounds just last night to break up a coyote orgy in my yard.
That's an inaccurate comparison. I have friends with 200 acres in Pennsylvania who have shot trap on their property for decades. They also hold massive barbecues, for which they cook more than many restaurants serve in a day. Lawyers, DAs and at least one judge have attended their bashes.
When I went Galt, the property we acquired is over a mile from our nearest neighbor, and they are pro America folks too.
Nothing finer than cutting holes in targets from the back deck while sipping our morning coffee!
I have a BB/pellet gun that pumps up enough to do the job nicely. The noise is minimal and it is quite accurate.
Why not? Because some government flunky told you you couldn't?
Freedom. How does it work? :-/
It seems that the purpose of any government body is to (1) survive (2) grow, and (3) expand its powers and jurisdiction. Is there no way of legally bloodying their noses?
Sounds like a local issue.
I know lots of people in Oregon who shoot on private land.
They’ll keep pushing until somebody flips out and cleans out the county municipal office of all the bureaucratic cockroaches who make a living hindering individual liberty.
Texas law appears to protect rural landowners from city control:
§ 229.002. Regulation of Discharge of Weapon
A municipality may not apply a regulation relating to the discharge of firearms or other weapons in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality or in an area annexed by the municipality after September 1, 1981, if the firearm or other weapon is:
(1) a shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow discharged:
(A) on a tract of land of 10 acres or more and more than 150 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and
(B) in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or
(2) a center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged:
(A) on a tract of land of Search Term Begin 50 acres Search Term End or more and more than 300 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and
(B) in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract.
This is from a Defensivecarry site:
http://www.defensivecarry.com/forum/general-firearm-discussion/96810-texas-property-laws.html
Do you see any limits whatsoever on a city's power to regulate business?
Why is it that you don't think you should be allowed to run a restaurant without permission from a city? Are you under the mistaken impression that being regulated by a city ensures good health?
I've seen plenty of commercial kitchens from which I wouldn't feed a dog. Tell me what benefit you expect from city regulation of restaurants?
The Santee Lakes area, with its close proximity to the open space to the north has a problem also. I have friends there who say they see them often though I don't believe they hear them.
I know of one county in CO, where a Republican sheriff wants to outlaw firearms discharges, even on large properties. The very sparsely populated area is heavily regulated (like large municipals) by constituents on all political sides. IMO, most local government interests in the West lean to the left and are politically supported mainly by government employees and pensioners/NIMBYs in rural developments (many of them, second homes for suburbanites). They go on about property values. They maintain high and counterproductive property tax rates.
We’re morally bankrupt. That’s the problem. Many who demand increases from politicians in incomes from debt/revenues want service and exclusivity in their communities (no low classed rednecks). The only solution that I know of is that of a slowdown in economic activities while encouraging continuing big spending by the political/regulator class. When they can no longer afford to be so politically active or to perpetuate regulatory interference against real work by productive residents (small manufacturing, agriculture, etc.), then get productive and rebuild.
Yea, and try to enforce that new law where I live (very rural/forest). My neighbors and I shoot on a regular basis, and on a weekend it is not uncommon to hear many gunshots coming from several different directions.
One of the reasons I love where I live.
this is a rural area acording to the article, as for permission, screw that! If I want to open an ice cream parlor or shooting range in BF Texas, why do I need " permission"?
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