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  • Fishguy

    Ultimate Member
    Jun 30, 2009
    5,080
    Montgomery County
    Since when is it legal to discharge a firearm in one's own basement, as the article states?

    Also, I feel slighted, as I cannot see the comments :(

    -John

    If your basement is below grade it is legal in MoCo to shoot in your basement. You'll probably get noise complaints, swatted by neighbors who think there is a massacre happening in your house and end up killing yourself with lead poisoning if all else fails, but I've been told by numerous folks over the years that it is legal.
     

    DraKhen99

    Professional Heckler
    Sep 30, 2013
    2,320
    If your basement is below grade it is legal in MoCo to shoot in your basement. You'll probably get noise complaints, swatted by neighbors who think there is a massacre happening in your house and end up killing yourself with lead poisoning if all else fails, but I've been told by numerous folks over the years that it is legal.

    Hmm... I think my house needs more insulation (of the sound-deadening type) and a great HVAC system (read: air filtration).

    That, and an underground expansion :D

    -John
     

    clint west

    Member
    Aug 29, 2015
    44
    maryland
    its in the MoCo summary of weapons law

    I mean the Weapons Law Summary. Published by montgomery county police

    " Exceptions
    The prohibitions on discharge of guns
    inside and outside the urban area
    are not applicable to the discharge of a gun: (1) on
    any target, trap, skeet, or shooting range that has been inspected
    and approved in writing by the Firearm Safety Committee; (2) in
    a private basement or cellar target range; "

    I've seen it done in Montg'y Co
     

    PJDiesel

    Banned
    BANNED!!!
    Dec 18, 2011
    17,603
    Since when is it legal to discharge a firearm in one's own basement, as the article states?

    Also, I feel slighted, as I cannot see the comments :(

    -John

    There's a guy a few miles up the road from me, has a gun range in his basement. I believe it's a 36" concrete tube that was buried along the with the basement, trolley runs the targets out.

    Anywho, I think anyone should be allowed to shoot in their basement if they choose, makes me too nervous to try but,... to each his own.
     

    PJDiesel

    Banned
    BANNED!!!
    Dec 18, 2011
    17,603
    (from the article)

    The county’s urban boundary laws do not conflict with the Second Amendment because a 2008 Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia vs. Heller allows local governments to restrict firearm use, according to a memo prepared for the County Council.
     

    jollymon

    Active Member
    Dec 6, 2016
    852
    Now in Tennessee ,
    We've come a long way , I remember that the Old Blair High School had a Rifle team with a range in the basement , Nowadays the Liberal's would loose their minds at that .
     

    Abacab

    Member
    Sep 10, 2009
    2,644
    MD
    I didn't even know it was legal to shoot anywhere on private property in MoCo. Seems they allow up to .25 caliber outside of the urban area.

    5.56 OK but not 7.62 lol
     

    noddaz

    bonehead
    Jan 9, 2014
    529
    Arnold
    Well now. Shoot this

    1280px-Big_Bang_Cannon_-_1920s_toy_cannon_with_box.jpg
     

    Engine4

    Curmudgeon
    MDS Supporter
    Dec 30, 2012
    6,983
    Man, I had 3 or 4 of those cannons in various sizes. Tons of fun for a kid.
     

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