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It's different for every town and county. Typically you can't shoot closer than something like 500 feet from a building that you don't own.

- Jim

I also drive one of the most frequently stolen vehicles (Honda Accord), so I just have to play my cards as they are dealt.

- Jim

couzin wrote:Just randomly advertising to anybody (and anybody they pass the word to) that there are guns on the property is just inviting a burglary when you leave the house.

I prefer to think of it as a warning. It has worked for 13 years and counting.

I doubt that firearms are more attractive to burglars than jewelry. Burglary of a habitation is among the most serious of felonies, so anyone willing to commit burglary is going to go for whatever valuable item they can get.

- Jim

You can clean your guns in the back yard. It's what I do. Just don't point them at other houses or vehicles.

PC §46.02(1) says, "on the person's own premises or premises under the person's
control..."

In that case, premises has the general meaning of real property (land or buildings).

PC §46.035(f)(3) defines premises as "a building or a portion of a building" for the sole purpose of that chapter and a few others that refer to it. IIRC, that clause was added after 1995 to clarify the situation with school grounds.

All of this applies only to handguns, not long guns.

- Jim