(a)
Firearms
defined.
The word firearms as used in this section shall
mean any type of gun, rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol, bb gun or
pellet gun which is used or may be used for the firing of a bullet
or pellet or pellets caused from the explosion of any type of powder
or explosives or any type of mechanical device used for the firing
of a bullet or pellet.
(b)
Discharging
firearms prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for anyone
to discharge any firearms within the city. It shall also be unlawful
for any parent or those in charge of or charged with the duty of the
custody of minor children to permit such children to fire or discharge
any firearms within the city.
(c)
Exceptions.
Nothing contained in this section shall ever be construed as
to prohibit any police official from firing firearms in the discharge
of official duties and providing further that this section shall not
be interpreted to prohibit a person from protecting his home, property
or life.
(Code 1984, ch. 7, § 1)
It shall be unlawful for any person who is under the influence
of drugs, dope or any preparation that is designed to stupefy to such
an extent as to have lost the normal control of his or her physical
or mental faculties, to appear or be on any public street, in any
public place or, as a trespasser, to appear upon any privately owned
property in the city.
(Code 1984, ch. 7, § 3)
