{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-113-290","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 113-290","heading":"Unlawful use of firearms.","body":"It is unlawful for any person, while hunting or taking wild animals or wild birds as those terms are defined in G.S. 113-129 and G.S. 113-130, to discharge a firearm:\n(1)\tCarelessly and heedlessly in wanton disregard for the safety of others; or\n(2)\tWithout due caution or circumspection, and in a manner so as to endanger any person or property;\nand resulting in property damage or bodily injury. (1991, c. 748, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 113. Conservation and Development.","SUBCHAPTER IV. CONSERVATION OF MARINE AND ESTUARINE AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES.","Article 21B. Criminally Negligent Hunting."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_113/GS_113-290.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:17:02Z","sha256":"30fe98467dcbce4c5bbb3f545802111e6e9dcce2e1ac39facda9a4d43a9dfbda","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-113-289","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-113-290.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}