(99.9 KTDY) – It’s okay to shoot off your weapons in certain parts of Acadiana and the rest of the state, but a problem does come in if you hit and damage someone’s property.
The members of the Acadia Parish Crime Stoppers Program are seeking help identifying individuals who may be damaging property in the parish.
In plenty of parishes, it is lawful for you to fire off your guns in rural areas. Many people regularly hunt in the rural areas of the parishes where they live, often to practice target shooting.
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