I live under the ruthless and oppressive iron fist of a neighborhood association. For some reason, they get all torqued up when I practice things like rapid fire and shooting on the move in the backyard. Oh, and setting up a plate rack in the neighbor’s lawn? Forget it. Some people just don’t appreciate fun.

But seriously, unless you live somewhere no New Yorker would dare travel, you probably can’t train with your regular firearms at home. Even the low-end-of-the-ballistic-scale .22 LR is loud and flings bullets that can travel a mile or so. Definitely against the community covenants and restrictions, and probably a few laws.

Fortunately, there’s a solution that makes most everyone happy. Well, maybe not the homeowner’s association, but everyone else.

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