Unincorporated Dyer (Lake County) Firearms Rec Use

[HKdyer]

any lake county sheriffs on here?

 

[Snapdragon]

Well hello there.

 

[mainjet]

pretty good conversation so far.

 

[poppy]

Cool. Welcome to INGO!

 

[HKdyer]

Love the sarcasm, I'm definitely in the right place lol

 

[red_zr24x4]

Lots of people from da region in here, they can probably answer all your questions.

 

[lonehoosier]

Home range lake county

ATTENTION N.W.Indiana residents who want to shoot on your own land, I have posted this information in several threads in response to questions, figured that the NWI thread may be a good place to deposit this information too:


LAKE COUNTY has a shooting ordinance. NOT every county has one. YOU must check with your county to see if there are any rules. However, in LAKE COUNTY the actual ordinance that PASSED is1314B, it was PASSED on August 11th, 2009.


The passed and signed ordinance actually reads:
"That the Lake County Council now prohibits the discharge of a firearm for the sole purpose of target shooting or practice shooting within 200 feet of the property lines of a platted, approved and developed multi-lot subdivision of one acre lots or less, as defined in the Lake County Code."
ALSO, be aware of NOISE ordinances that will affect the shooting TIMES that are legal (these same times apply to all loud noises like lawn mowing, fireworks, etc.

 

[HKdyer]

Home range lake county

ATTENTION N.W.Indiana residents who want to shoot on your own land, I have posted this information in several threads in response to questions, figured that the NWI thread may be a good place to deposit this information too:


LAKE COUNTY has a shooting ordinance. NOT every county has one. YOU must check with your county to see if there are any rules. However, in LAKE COUNTY the actual ordinance that PASSED is1314B, it was PASSED on August 11th, 2009.


The passed and signed ordinance actually reads:
"That the Lake County Council now prohibits the discharge of a firearm for the sole purpose of target shooting or practice shooting within 200 feet of the property lines of a platted, approved and developed multi-lot subdivision of one acre lots or less, as defined in the Lake County Code."
ALSO, be aware of NOISE ordinances that will affect the shooting TIMES that are legal (these same times apply to all loud noises like lawn mowing, fireworks, etc.

I called the sheriff's office, transferred from one snarky person to another. Finally reach "the right person" and the officer said 500ft from inhabitable dwelling....st john cop said something else, Hammond cop said another distance, dyer pd offered no insight. Amazing how hard it is to get an answer. Taxes at work. Going to go to sheriff in person next week.

Thoughts? Intending on using public, unincorporated land, not private property.

 

[Jomibe]

transferred from one snarky person to another

Sounds about right.

 

[ryknoll3]

I called the sheriff's office, transferred from one snarky person to another. Finally reach "the right person" and the officer said 500ft from inhabitable dwelling....st john cop said something else, Hammond cop said another distance, dyer pd offered no insight. Amazing how hard it is to get an answer. Taxes at work. Going to go to sheriff in person next week.

Thoughts? Intending on using public, unincorporated land, not private property.

No sense asking town cops about County ordinances. They dont enforce them and likely dont know them. Heck many cops don't know the guns laws they're supposed to enforce, or manufacture them out of whole cloth. Like the Lake County cop that told me it was illegal to open carry and illegal to carry with a round in the chamber, but then never did anything about either.

 

[Dosproduction]

Yeah when i first got on this sight i was interested in a similar guestion. I live in Valpo unincorporated and wanted to know about shooting on the property. I ended up calling all kinds of people including DNR with no straight answer. Good Luck

 

[lonehoosier]

Pay a lawyer and he will give you the answer.

 

[poppy]

Pay a lawyer and he will give you the answer.

That right there is sound advise.

 

[mainjet]

Thoughts? Intending on using public, unincorporated land, not private property.

My guess is, that if you do not own the land then you are going to run into some trouble.

You must have a proper backstop. Are you going to be shooting into some natural backstop or are you planning on making something?

I personally just see a lot of hassle coming your way if the property you are shooting on is not owned by you. They are probably going to jack you up on something, even if it's just littering.

 

[HoughMade]

What non-private land are you using? All the land is owned by someone. County?