My wife and I just moved a few miles outside of city limits because we enjoy the peace and quiet. It's just a small place with about an acre of land, but it is surrounded mostly by fields.
To our immediate west there is a house probably 200 yards away, and to the east there is a house probably 100 yards away. But to the north and south the nearest house is easily 800-1000 yards away.
I was thinking of building a backstop (railroad ties, earth, etc) for a small pistol range and shooting from north to south. The backstop would be on the edge of my property in front of a field, directly behind which would be no houses.
My question then would be one of legality. I assume the neighbors to the east and west aren't going to like the noise - but am I legally allowed to discharge firearms on my land with them being in such close proximity? I looked through the IN state laws but didn't find anything regulating this, so I assume it would be a local ordinance that I need to check into? Would this be city or county specific?
Thanks.
To our immediate west there is a house probably 200 yards away, and to the east there is a house probably 100 yards away. But to the north and south the nearest house is easily 800-1000 yards away.
I was thinking of building a backstop (railroad ties, earth, etc) for a small pistol range and shooting from north to south. The backstop would be on the edge of my property in front of a field, directly behind which would be no houses.
My question then would be one of legality. I assume the neighbors to the east and west aren't going to like the noise - but am I legally allowed to discharge firearms on my land with them being in such close proximity? I looked through the IN state laws but didn't find anything regulating this, so I assume it would be a local ordinance that I need to check into? Would this be city or county specific?
Thanks.