A property owner may discharge his firearm regardless of proximity to schools, parks, or other people's homes. Because the gun lobby was successful in getting a property owner exception included in the Wake County Firearms Ordinance. The Wake County Firearms ordinance begins by prohibiting the discharge of a firearm within 1000 feet of a dwelling, school, or public park. Last year, the Wake County Sheriff's Department received 624 complaints about guns being fired near people's homes. Because the Wake County Firearms Ordinance is virtually unenforceable.
Wake County is no longer the rural community it once was.
The time has come for the Wake County Commissioners to stand up to the gun lobby and drop the property owner exception from the Wake County Firearms Ordinance. Click here to sign our online petition to change the Wake County Firearms Ordinance. Six Reasons for Revising the Firearms Ordinance Public Safety Firing guns near homes, schools, and public parks is an obvious public safety hazard. In addition to being dangerous, firing guns is extremly loud. Many Wake County residents find it extremely disturbing to hear guns being fired near their homes.