A. 
Prohibited. Except as hereinafter provided, it is unlawful for any person to carry or discharge any firearms, explosives, bows or arrows or other similar missile within the unincorporated areas of the county as set forth and described in subsection B of this section, or to discharge any of the aforesaid into such areas.
B. 
Applicable Area. This area to which subsection A of this section applies is described as follows:
Beginning at the junction of the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the American River and the Middle Fork of the American River; thence northeasterly up the North Fork of the Middle Fork to Grouse Creek; then northeasterly up main Grouse Creek to its head approximately at the north one-quarter corner of section six, township fourteen north, range thirteen east, thence due east along such township line to its intersection with Red Star Ridge, this being the divide between Duncan Creek and the Middle Fork of the American River; thence northeasterly following the summit of Red Star Ridge to the new Westville-French Meadows highway, thence northeasterly along the highway to a point in section four, township fifteen north, range fourteen east, where the highway leaves the main divide between the North Fork of the American River and the Middle Fork of the American River, thence easterly along the summit of the divide between the North Fork of the American River and the Middle Fork of the American River to Needle Peak, thence southerly following the summit of the divide to Mount Mildred; thence following the divide between Gray Horse Creek to the Middle Fork of the American River to its intersection with the Big Meadows-Gray Hose Valley Trail; thence following such trail to the South Fork of Long Canyon; thence westerly down Long Canyon and Rubicon River and the Middle Fork of the American River to the point of beginning at the mouth of the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the American River.
C. 
Exceptions. The provisions of subsections A and B of this section shall not apply to any public officer in the lawful discharge of his or her duties, to any person necessarily acting in the lawful defense of person or property, or to the premises of any shooting gallery, practice range, skeet field, archery range, or any other similar place conducted at a fixed location and with respect to which adequate safeguards have been provided to protect persons and property from injury.
(Prior code §§ 7.1—7.3)
A. 
Authority and Purpose. The provisions of this section are enacted pursuant to Section 25840 of the State Government Code for the purpose of regulating the use of firearms where their use would be extremely dangerous to persons or property.
B. 
Exemptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the use of a firearm by a peace officer acting in the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer or to a private citizen acting in the defense of persons or property or in any shooting range for which an unrevoked written permit has been granted therefor by the board of supervisors when such shooting is done in accordance with the rules established by the owner for the use of such range.
C. 
Penalties. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not in excess of six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
D. 
Entry on Private Land with Weapon. It is unlawful for any person to enter upon any privately owned land under cultivation or enclosed by a fence or upon privately owned uncultivated or enclosed lands where signs prohibiting hunting and trespassing are displayed at intervals not less than three to the mile along all exterior boundaries and at all roads and trails entering such lands, with a firearm or other weapons in his or her possession without the written consent of the owner of such land in his or her possession.
E. 
Shooting Across Private Land. It is unlawful for any person to shoot any bullet, arrow or other projectile into, across or above any privately owned land under cultivation or enclosed by a fence or the privately owned uncultivated or enclosed lands where signs prohibiting hunting or trespass are displayed at intervals not less than three to the mile along all exterior boundaries and at all road and trails entering such lands, without the written consent of the owner of such land in his possession.
F. 
Shooting in County Park. It is unlawful for any person to shoot, discharge, or fire any bullet, arrow or other projectile into, over, or on any county-owned park or county-operated park.
(Prior code § 12.19; Ord. 5006-B (part), 1999)