"RogerN" wrote in message
nk.net...

Are there laws as to how far you must be from a road to shoot a gun? A
neighbor said you are not supposed to shoot within 500 feet of a road.
The
reason I'm asking is because I have ~4.5 acres but it is all frontage. If
I
stand close to the road, I can shoot away from the road which seems safer
than being away from the road and having to shoot toward the road.
Shooting
parallel to the road puts the aim in the direction of houses down the road
either way. In my situation, the safest seems to be standing near the
road
and shooting away from the road with miles of fields behind the target and
backstop.

I'm in Illinois and have googled for state and federal laws, so far I have
only found that you must not shoot within 1000 feet of schools, etc.
Haven't found anything saying you must be 500 ft away from the road.

Thanks!

Different states, different laws.
I think here in Indiana there are different distances for parallel
to the road, towards the road and away from the road. Or maybe
I'm even thinking of Kentucky where I used to do all my shooting...

At any rate, I'ld call the nearest State Police Post and ask who
ever answers the phone. If that involved a long distance call,
I'ld look and see if there was a Fish & Game local number to
try.