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Crash wrote:A friend has an old (breakdown model--beautiful condition) Browning .22 semi-auto.
He wants to shoot pest birds with it in our residential neighborhood using subsonic ammo.
He believes that it will be quieter than a pellet rifle. My concerns:

1. It's illegal to discharge a firearm in our neighborhood
2 I don't believe that it will be all that quiet without a suppressor--which he does not have.

Comments?

Crash

rotor wrote:

Crash wrote:Thanks to all for comments. Responses to questions/comments:

We live in a neighborhood where the houses are generally 15 - 20 ft apart.

It is not against the law to shoot pest birds such as starlings, sparrows, etc., but not with a firearm within city limits and we are inside the city limits.

At the angle my friend would be shooting, if he misses the bird, the bullet would wind up outside the city limits, probably on a neighboring ranch. And, or course, he would be responsible for it.

My solution may be to take him with me to a shooting range and demonstrate just how loud it is--and read him the laws about discharging a firearm within the city limits and being responsible for the projectiles.

Thanks again,

Crash

If you are smart you would not in any way be involved with this guys shooting activity except to tell him not to do it at all. It's illegal.