Thread: The Law - any clarity?

Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or to both who, without reasonable cause, discharges a firearm, airgun, pistol, or restricted weapon in or near—
(a)a dwellinghouse; or
(b)a public place,—
so as to endanger property or to endanger, annoy, or frighten any person.

My reading of that section is that if you have a reasonable cause to discharge a firearm and someone is annoyed or frightened, then it is their bad luck. I think it is written so that you cannot use a firearm to deliberately annoy or scare a person/your neighbours.

Sighting your rifle in, shooting clay pigeons is a reasonable cause.

I know a guy that went around his neighbours and told them he was going to be regularly shooting on his property, if they objected he told them he would by a motocross bike and ride around on his land for hours on end.