As a kid I grew up shooting in the backyard as a learning tool for firing guns. Learn how they work and how to aim. Always thought if you have a good backstop and the pellet or bb doesn't leave your yard and damage neighbor windows or property, it is fine cause bb gun and pellet guns are not consider firearm. Also how all airgun manufacturers always advertise their guns as backyard friendly. The case is, airgun are not legally backyard friendly. I learned the hard way. I was plinking in my own backyard. It's about 20 yards max. Have wooden fence surrounded all sides. I was using a co2 .177 pellet pistol. The ones you get at Walmart for $50-60. I ran out of co2 and was putting a new one in. All of a sudden my gate swing open and there was a cop standing there. He just like fking enter my property without permission. Shouldn't he go knock at the front door and not just burst into someone's backyard? If he didn't have uniform on I would thought someone be robbing me and shot him. Anyhow he came up to me and said neighbors called them cause someone was shooting a gun. I said yeah, its a pellet gun. Even show him it used co2. He took the gun and degass it. I was like, you fking kidding me? I just put that new co2 on there. He said I can't be shooting in my backyard cause it's illegal to shoot any gun, pb or airgun in a residential area. He asked for my name and took my gun. He said if I want it back I have to go to the station and file a claim form. And he went back to his car and drove off. Like damn. If I know which neighbor called, I would be throwing rocks at their cars and windows. Sure glad it was just a cheap co2 pistol. And not my impact. But still piss off. Like cant even shoot a .177 pellet gun in your own property. Just a warning out there. If you got dumbass neighbors, do not shoot your guns. Cops will confiscate it. Guns manufacturers needs to stop claiming their gun as backyard friendly. Cause it's not. Maybe in Texas. Who knows.
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