(a)
Prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person within
the city to carry on or about his person any pellet gun, air rifle
or air pistol of any description, by whatever name known, that, by
means of compressed air, compressed gas, springs or any other means,
is capable of discharging shots, pellets or any other solid object
a distance of fifty (50) feet or more.
(b)
Exceptions.
Subsection (a) shall not apply to a person on his own premises or place of business or on the premises or place of business of another with the latter’s permission or consent, nor to a person transporting such weapon by a reasonably direct route between any two (2) locations where possession is lawful under this section.
(1959 Code, secs. 19-16, 19-17; Ordinance 3849, sec. 1, adopted 6/28/1962; 1983 Code, secs. 18-7, 18-8; Ordinance 2012-O0084, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/2012)
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any gun, pistol
or other firearm of any description within the corporate limits of
the city, except in case of urgent necessity; provided, however, this
prohibition shall not apply to persons operating a public or private
shooting gallery under unrevoked permit issued by the chief of police.
(Ordinance 1755, sec. 1, adopted 7/29/1955; 1959 Code, sec. 26-25; 1983 Code, sec. 18-9; Ordinance
2012-O0084, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/2012)
(a)
The purpose of this section is to prevent the discharge of firearms
within the city by encouraging parents to provide firearms safety
education and training of children and to prevent unsupervised access
to firearms and ammunition by children to reduce the possibility of
accidental or inadvertent discharges of firearms by children so as
to prevent the tragedies that may result from those discharges.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for a child to intentionally, knowingly, recklessly
or with criminal negligence to discharge a firearm within the city.
As used in this section, child means any person who is younger than
eighteen (18) years of age.
(c)
It shall be unlawful for any adult intentionally, knowingly, recklessly
or with criminal negligence to facilitate, suffer or permit a child
to obtain unsupervised access to a firearm and/or ammunition which
could result in the discharge of said firearm by said child.
(1983 Code, sec. 18-10; Ordinance 9736, sec. 1, adopted 10/13/1994; Ordinance 2012-O0084, sec. 1,
adopted 8/23/2012)
