Okay, but that doesn't mean you're prohibited YET. All that says is that the city cannot make any laws preventing it if those conditions are met. What this means is that they CAN make laws, but not that they HAVE. Additionally, this does not apply at all if you're more than 1/2 mile away from the city limits, since this law deals with the city's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. If it were me, I would shoot, safely, and have fun.Omar wrote:Well crap! His land is smaller than 50 acres; it's around 25...KFP wrote:
(2) a center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged:
(A) on a tract of land of 50 acres 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.
I've been out the about 5 times with an AR, AK, glock, beretta and some others. Cops haven't bothered me yet.
Should I be worried now? I'm not sure if this is legal now?
In regards to your question about the city....NO, you cannot discharge a firearm in the city limits if the population is more than 100,000, or if the city has enacted its own ordinance. See below:
Sec. 42.12. DISCHARGE OF FIREARM IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person recklessly discharges a firearm inside the corporate limits of a municipality having a population of 100,000 or more.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the person may be prosecuted under either section.
(d) Subsection (a) does not affect the authority of a municipality to enact an ordinance which prohibits the discharge of a firearm.
I don't know of any cities that will allow you to discharge a firearm in a neighborhood. They will have an ordinance, or they will figure out another way to charge you, ie. deadly conduct, projectile across property lines, etc.