(a) No person, except in lawful self-defense, shall discharge any firearm while on or within 15 yards of a public road or right-of-way unless it is a road or right-of-way within an area controlled by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the Department of Agriculture of the State or the United States Department of the Interior and is designated by the respective department as an area open to hunting or trapping.
(b) No person shall shoot at any wild bird or wild animal while it is on a public road, nor shall any person shoot across a public road or right-of-way at any wild bird or wild animal.
(c) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 7. REGULATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING GAME AND FISH
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 705. Visiting traps within 24-hour periods; killing of trapped animals.
§ 707. Hunting or shooting from motor vehicle, boats or farm machinery prohibited; penalty.
§ 708. Loaded firearms prohibited in or on motor vehicles, motorboats or farm machinery.
§ 709. Hours for hunting; federal laws and regulations; prohibitions and exceptions.
§ 710. Use of silencer on gun; penalty.
§ 711. Hunting with automatic-loading gun prohibited; penalty.
§ 712. Prohibition against Sunday hunting.
§ 713. Fire regulations; penalty.
§ 715. Possession of protected wildlife; prohibitions.
§ 716. Hunting, fishing or trapping without a license; penalties.
§ 717. Frightening or harassing migratory birds; penalties.
§ 718. Requiring wearing of hunter orange in the hunting of deer; violation and penalty.
§ 719. Discharge of firearms on or near public roads and public rights-of-way; penalty.
§ 720. Conditional permits for disabled persons.
§ 721. Killer, body-gripping traps.
§ 722. Prohibition against use of lights; penalties.
§ 723. Hunting or trapping in safety zones; penalty.
§ 724. Wilful obstruction or impeding of lawful hunting, fishing or trapping activities.