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The Florida legislature started prepping for 2016’s legislative session by taking on gun proposals – with one banning Floridians from setting up gun ranges in their backyards.

The legislation was inspired by a St. Petersburg case where a man set up a makeshift gun range in his yard. Neighbors became worried about their safety, but the man took it down before ever firing a shot. The bill would criminalize anyone shooting targets for recreation in densely populated neighborhoods.

“My guess is that most of the shooting in those backyards were, in fact, could be defined recreational by nature of the fact that we have a bill and calling it clearly a misdemeanor, I think it addresses the shooting that goes on in these makeshift gun ranges,” said Sen. Garrett Richter (R-Naples).

The bill also bans celebratory shooting.