It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a BB gun, air rifle or air pistol or other instrument, by whatever name known, which by means of compressed air, compressed gas, springs or by any other means is capable of discharging shots, pellets or any solid object at a velocity in excess of 300 feet per second, within the corporate limits of the city.
(1999 Code, sec. 58-22)
(a) 
Prohibition.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rifle or other firearm of any description within the corporate limits of the city.
(b) 
Exceptions.
This section shall not apply in the following instances:
(1) 
When the firing is done in the necessary and lawful protection of the person, premises or property, unless such firing is recklessly or carelessly done.
(2) 
When the firing is done in a shooting gallery or gunsmith's establishment and when such shooting gallery or gunsmith's establishment is properly fitted and arranged for the purpose so that no danger arises therefrom; provided, however, that no shotgun of any character nor any pistol or rifle larger than 0.22 caliber shall be used in a shooting gallery, and that no shooting gallery shall be lawful in a gunsmith's establishment except in connection with the necessary repair of the firearm used. A shooting gallery can be in or out of doors.
(1999 Code, sec. 58-23)