After residents reported bullets striking a home north of the Broad River and whizzing past neighborhoods to its south, the Beaufort County Council is considering a new proposal that would create a buffer between gunfire and nearby homes, schools and parks.
The ordinance, if passed, would make it illegal to discharge a firearm within 500 feet of any building, dwelling, park or playground in unincorporated Beaufort County, except with the permission of owners or occupants of those spaces.
Discharging weapons in local cities and towns is already illegal, but not in the rural pockets of Beaufort County, where residential developments are moving closer to undeveloped areas…