Apparently the state of Florida neglected to make it against the law to set up a target practice range in your own backyard even if you live in a neighborhood.

I am certain that there is no law against wrapping your nakkid self in Saran Wrap and running up and down the street on a pogo stick yelling, “The Russians are coming!” but most people know that would not be a good idea so there are no reported cases of that — even in Florida.

Doug Varrieur has a home in Big Pine Key, Florida.  This morning he has a “makeshift shooting area” in his backyard.  In Texas that would mean a couple of recently emptied beer cans on a tree stump.  I don’t know what it means in Florida except that you’re real likely to shoot your neighbors.

Along with fear of stray bullets, some of Varrieur’s neighbors are upset about the noise generated by the shooting. One woman circulated a petition in an effort to stop the shooting. But the Monroe County attorney said the county cannot put any noise ordinances in place to stop the residential shooting.

“And if they want to shoot a fully automatic weapon, and have a class 3 license, technically they would not be in violation of anything,” Ramsay told the Herald.

Let’s hear it for Florida, the new damn redneck heaven.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.