What Are the Laws About Discharging a Firearm?
Utah law restricts the places where a person can discharge a firearm or other dangerous weapon. A person convicted of discharging a firearm or other dangerous weapon from a vehicle; from, upon or across a highway; at road signs; at public utilities and communication facilities, lines, poles or transmission devices; at railroad equipment, signs and signals; or at Utah State Park buildings, camp sites, golf courses, boat ramps, overlooks and developed beaches faces up to six months in prison. U.C.A. § 76-10-508. In addition, a conviction for discharging a firearm or other dangerous weapon within 600 feet of a house or other building or any structure in which domestic animals are kept or fed, such as a barn, poultry yard, corral or stockyard, without written permission to do so from an owner or person in charge of the property is punishable by up to six months in prison. U.C.A. § 76-10-508. In some circumstances, discharging a firearm, when it does not amount to criminal homicide, is cons
