Discharge of firearm/private property

Can anyone help me understand the law as it pertains to discharge of a firearm on my own property? I live in Orange County NC.

Maybe this will help. Call your local Sheriff to get detailed info, is your best bet.

I am mostly interested in whether or not I can shoot a gun legally on my own property...I don't live in the city, but my guess is "no" because of I live in a residential neighborhood but it always pays to know for sure I guess.

Call zoning, the Sheriff office can get you get you in trouble, they don't make the zoning laws, only enforce them. My friend Travis who owns Learn to shot nc, checked with Wake and JoCo Sheriff office, property was on both sides of the line. They said sure, no problem. Then the neighborhood across the street started their drama and next thing Zoning shows up in their county vehicle and shuts him down. Public hearing, denied (JoCo) he has since moved to another spot in Wake, shut down last week. I'm helping out with an alternate spot but ain't saying where. He's trying to get his 500+ Groupon classes caught up.
Always check with zoning first, then you can have it in your hands as proof that you are in compliance

I'm gonna have to look into this myself for vance co. I'll have private property to shoot on after the middle of March near Henderson. I believe it's zoned agricultural. Thanks for bringing this topic up good reminder for me

When you talk to zoning they know 100% more than anyone. Why we have a range opening with no drama. I went through zoning first to get it approved. No drama from there out. You should be fine though on private land. Wake is the only one with strict regulations. Again ones own property is well received. It's when $$ starts changing hands. Even though learn to shoot nc got closed. The land owner still fires out there like crazy. No problem with that. He's the land owner.

Zoning is only to tell how you can use the land, such as for a business and what type of business. Private use is different. His land is zoned for residental, wheather or not he can discharge a firearm on it is up to the laws on the books, not zoning.

No ordinances in Vance. I used to shoot on private land near my house until someone shot up the backside of one of my neighbor's house. Now I go to a buddy's in Louisburg.

In Onslow county, you must be 500 feet from an occupied dwelling. I am looking for law reference on this as far as State also.

In Onslow County, we have had problems with people trespassing on bank-owned vacant land and shooting for hours at a time every weekend. The sheriff says they can't do anything except "run 'em off," because the land isn't posted
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There is a noise ordinance but look under exceptions and firearms is an exception (17." Discharge of firearms, but only as permitted by state law and county regulations")

http://search.municode.com/html/13166/level3/PTIGEOR_CH16EN_ARTIIINO.html#PTIGEOR_CH16EN_ARTIIINO_S16-54SOMEST

This is Orange County Code of Ordnances
http://search.municode.com/html/13166/level3/PTIGEOR_CH16EN_ARTIIINO.html
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Look througfh this, Orange County!
http://search.municode.com/html/13166/book.html

I found this on Orange County right under hunting and fishing on private land without permission.
Exposure of female Breasts
Very Interesting

Don't see any ordnances prohibiting or regulating discharge of firearms on your own property.
I guess you'll have to default to State Law.

I don't see anything under OC zoning prohibiting it either.
http://search.municode.com/html/13166/level2/PTIGEOR_CH50ZO.html

Have you looked through these yet?
NC FIREARMS LAWS, For more info on Firearms Law in NC call, LawEnforcement Laison Section at 919-716-6725
That info is from page 38
http://www.carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/NC-firearms-laws.pdf

https://www.ncgunowners.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=18
http://www.ncsheriffs.org/firearms.htm

Thank God I live int the mountains.

Zoning is the official place to go everyone. I have been in the "range development" mode for over 5 years now. First question I asked is what the regulations pertaining to the discharge of a firearm on one's own property. Every single time I would be sent over to zoning to see what regulations they had in place. I would then ask about friends and family. I would be asked by zoning if money would be changing hands, then now it's commercial, planning board mtg, then commissioners. I did this in 9 counties as we were looking for a range friendly county. All of them have ordinances for this type of sport and most don't give a rats butt till neighborhood A or B starts calling in. If you are within the ordinances set forth, they can't do squat to ya. This applies to private and business. Again, I've been to the planning boards and I have met all the zoning directors in the surrounding counties of Wake. Trust me when I say to call zoning. Even my meetings in Warren county all kept going back to the zoning director, which many of you met at our June 12th mtg at the North Raleigh Hilton 2012. :thumbsup:

Live outside Boone in Watauga county and have no problems shooting on my property with adequate backstops. The only difficulty is that the neighbors dogs which are really disturbed by the report.
Being neighborly, I call them before shooting, so they can do what they have to for the dogs.

I think the ladies in Orange Co. need to stage a protest like they do in Asheville. They shouldn't let an archaic law interfere with their pursuit of happiness like that!