§ 29-5-204. Hunting or discharge of firearm near public place - Shooting from or across highway or railroad right-of-way.

A.  No person may hunt, pursue game or discharge firearms within four hundred and forty (440) yards of any church, schoolhouse, or other public place where people may assemble, so as to disturb such assemblage.

B.  No person may shoot from or across a public road or highway or right-of-way thereof, or railroad right-of-way.

C.  Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00).  Persons convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for thirty (30) days, or by both imprisonment and fine.

D.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any peace officer in the performance of their duties.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 17, § 5-204, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974.  Amended by Laws 1988, c. 154, § 1, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1988, c. 208, § 2, eff. July 1, 1988; Laws 1993, c. 264, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1999, c. 122, § 1, emerg. eff. April 26, 1999; Laws 2011, c. 142, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.