City of Bridgeton, MO Weapons Offenses

Any pistol gallery, gun club, firearms range, skeet and/or trap range located within the corporate limits of the City of Bridgeton, Missouri open to public or private membership where the discharge of firearms is allowed in an area isolated by design and designed for the safety of the user and public at large.

A firing range must meet the minimum operational and safety standards for firing ranges, as established and set forth in the "Range Manual" published by the National Rifle Association, 1600 Rhode Island Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20036.

Any person, persons, duly appointed agent or agents of any business or corporation intending to operate a firing range within the corporate limits of the City of Bridgeton, Missouri must, prior to being licensed and/or annually renewing said license, submit an affidavit attesting that said firing range meets minimum safety and operational standards as set forth by the National Rifle Association.

The City of Bridgeton, Missouri and its agent shall have the right of entry at any reasonable time to inspect a firing range, to insure minimum safety and operational standards as set forth by the National Rifle Association Range Manual are being met and refusal to permit such entry, meet said minimum standards, or provide the required affidavit to the City of Bridgeton, Missouri shall be grounds for the forfeiture of license and authority to operate said firing range or firing ranges.

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Cross Reference — As to license fees for pistol galleries, see §610.090.

Section 205.530 Carrying Concealed Weapon On Person.

[Ord. No. 90-45 §7-190, 5-2-1990; Ord. No. 04-29 §1, 4-21-2004]

No person shall in this City wear under his clothes or concealed about his person any pistol or revolver, sling shot, cross knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any bowie knife or other dangerous or deadly weapon as defined and in violation of Chapter 571, RSMo.

No person who has been issued a concealed carry endorsement by the Missouri Director of Revenue under Sections 571.101 to 571.121, RSMo., or who has been issued a valid permit or endorsement to carry concealed firearms issued by another State or political subdivision of another State shall by authority of that endorsement or permit be allowed to carry a concealed firearm or to openly carry a firearm in any building or portion of a building owned, leased or controlled by the City of Bridgeton, Missouri.

Signs of such size as defined by Chapter 571, RSMo., shall be posted at each entrance of a building entirely owned, leased or controlled by the City stating that carrying of firearms is prohibited. Where the City owns, leases or controls only a portion of a building, signs shall be posted at each entrance to that portion of the building stating that carrying of firearms is prohibited.

This Section shall not apply to buildings used for public housing by private persons, highways or rest areas, firing ranges or private dwellings owned, leased or controlled by the City of Bridgeton, Missouri.

Any person violating this Section may be denied entrance to the building or ordered to leave the building.

No person who has been issued a certificate of qualification which allows the person to carry a concealed firearm before the Director of Revenue begins issuing concealed carry endorsements in July, 2004, shall, by authority of that certificate, be allowed to carry a concealed firearm or to openly carry a firearm in any building or portion of a building owned, leased or controlled by the City of Bridgeton, Missouri.

This Section shall not be construed to prevent any Federal, State, County or City Law Enforcement Officer from carrying such concealed weapons in the proper discharge of his duties.

Section 205.540 Weapons — Discharge Prohibited Generally — Exception.

[Ord. No. 90-45 §7-195, 5-2-1990]

It shall be unlawful to discharge, fire or shoot any shotgun, rifle, revolver, pistol, cat rifle, air, rubber band or spring operated gun, or any slingshot, or any bow and arrow or firearm, weapon, instrument or contrivance of any kind whatsoever using lead, slugs, bullets, pellets, powder, beans, peas, or shots, whether discharged or shot by means of air, rubber, a powder, bullet, caps or spring, or other motive power, within the City; except as authorized in Sections 205.570 and 205.580 and shall not apply to the discharge of firearms where necessary to protect life, livestock, crops or other property, nor to any Peace Officer acting in the discharge of his official duties, nor to the discharge of blank cartridges in theater performances or sporting events, nor to the firing of salutes by firing squads at military ceremonies. In addition, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Police target or Police shooting range, nor to any club or individual target, trap, skeet or practice shooting range, which meet the requirements of Section 205.527 of this Chapter.

Section 205.550 Weapons — Sale of Firearms or Cartridges To Minor. [1]

[Ord. No. 90-45 §7-200, 5-2-1990]

No person shall sell to any minor any firearm without the consent of the parent or guardian of such minor; or, without such consent, sell to any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years any cartridge or shell of fixed ammunition which part is detonated by any type of primer.

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State Law Reference — Weapons offenses, RSMo. Ch. 571.

Section 205.560 Physicians To Report Gunshot or Other Wounds.

[Ord. No. 90-45 §7-205, 5-2-1990]

It shall be the duty of every physician, surgeon or other person attending, treating or prescribing for any person in the City, or who resides in the City, for wound, ailment or condition caused by gun or pistol shot or knife, dagger or other instrument, within twenty-four (24) hours after the inception of such treatment to report in writing to the Chief of Police, giving the name, age, place of birth, residence (street and number), color and sex of such person, and the date of such wound or condition treated, together with the character of such injury.

Section 205.570 "Turkey Shoot" Declared Unlawful — Exceptions — Penalty.

[Ord. No. 90-45 §7-215, 5-2-1990]

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to participate, engage in or operate any "turkey shoot" or similar activity involving the discharge of any firearm, except as herein provided.

Subsection (A) of this Section may be wavered by a majority vote of the entire Council for events in non-populated areas, west of Taussig Road, when all safety standards prescribed by the Chief of Police, City of Bridgeton, are fulfilled.

Section 205.580 "Turkey Shoot" — Hunting and Pursuit of Game, Authorized; Restrictions.

[Ord. No. 90-45 §7-220, 5-2-1990; Ord. No. 94-91 §§1 — 2, 11-16-1994]

Such hunting and other pursuit of game as shall be lawful within the State shall be lawful within the City only when the following restrictions, limitations and regulations are observed:

It shall be unlawful to discharge any weapon other than a shotgun (12) gauge or smaller bore using number five (5) shot or smaller size shot.

It shall be unlawful for any person sixteen (16) years of age or younger to fire or discharge any firearm except while under the immediate personal supervision of his parent, guardian, or any person twenty-one (21) years of age or older designated by the parent or guardian who is supervising the firing or discharge of such firearm.

It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge a firearm in such a manner so as to injure, wound or damage the person or property, real or personal, of another, or in such direction that any projectile or projectiles expelled therefrom strikes, hits, enters or goes through any vehicle, dwelling, house, apartment, church, school or other building.

It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any firearm from or across any street, sidewalk, road, highway or any park, or within two hundred (200) yards of a park or building.

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly fire or discharge any firearm at or in the direction of any person, vehicle, dwelling, house, apartment, building, church, school or other building which is within range of the same.

It shall be unlawful for any person carrying a firearm to wilfully enter or go upon the premises or property of another, or to fire or discharge any firearm while on the premises or property of another without first having obtained the written permission from the owner, lessee or other person in charge of such premises or property, and unless such person has said written permission on his person. This Subsection shall not apply to a person carrying, firing, or discharging any firearm while in the immediate presence of the owner, lessee, or person in charge of the property or premises, or to the entry upon the premises for the sole purpose of obtaining the written permission of the owner, lessee or person in charge of the property.

It shall be unlawful to hunt or otherwise pursue game within the City in any area east of Taussig Road or south of St. Charles Rock Road.