H. 3987 is more gun control. H. 3987 states: “In Florence County a person must obtain permission from the governing body of a homeowner's association or a residential subdivision before he may discharge a firearm on property owned by or under the control of the homeowner's association or residential subdivision.” H. 3987 provides for a $100.00 civil fine for violating the law. What is especially troubling about this bill is that property owners who were not prohibited from discharging a firearm on their property when they bought the property can suddenly find themselves unable to do so any longer just because their “politically correct” neighbors do not want them to do so any longer. There is no requirement that the discharging of a firearm be unsafe or that the discharging of the firearm rise to the level of being a public nuisance before penalties are imposed. All the new law would require is that the neighbors do not like what you do. In fact, a property owner could have lived in the same place for 30 years and suddenly find himself surrounded by new neighbors who don't like what he has safely been doing for 30 years - and the new neighbors would have the law on their side.
GrassRoots GunRights opposes H. 3987 because it is gun control unconstrained by reason, logic, or justice. A private property owner should be allowed to do as he pleases on his own property as long as what he does is not a danger or nuisance to others. H. 3987 denies a property owner the enjoyment of his own property and allows the “politically correct” crowd to dictate what a property owner can safely do on his own property.