Thread: What do you think and where do I stand?

Originally Posted by stug

Discharging firearm, airgun, pistol, or restricted weapon in or near dwellinghouse or public place
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.

I'm no lawyer, but if I were charged with this offence, my defense would be that clay target shooting, pest control, zeroing, load testing, etc IS a reasonable cause to discharge a firearm, negating the fact that it may have annoyed of frightened the complainant.