A person commits an offense if he discharges within the city a firearm or air- or gas-operated rifle or pistol. It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the discharge of such weapon was authorized by a provision of the Penal Code of the state.
(1996 Code, sec. 7.201)
A person under the age of seventeen (17) years commits an offense if he possesses or carries about his person an air- or gas-operated rifle or pistol, or slingshot, on or about property other than the usual residence of such person. A parent or legal guardian of a person under the age of seventeen (17) years commits an offense if he/she knowingly permits such minor person to engage in the conduct prohibited in the preceding sentence.
(1996 Code, sec. 7.202)