Except as otherwise provided in Section
9.92.020, no person shall fire or discharge, or cause to be fired or discharged anywhere within the City, nor shall any parent, guardian, or person having the care, custody, or control of any minor permit such minor to fire or discharge, or cause to be fired or discharged anywhere within the City:
A. Any
gun, rifle, pistol, or other firearm;
B. Any
BB gun, pellet gun, or any air gun, paintball or airsoft gun, blow
gun, spring gun or pistol or slingshot;
C. Any
crossbow of any type, or any compound bow, or a bow of any length,
or pointed or metal-tipped arrows;
D. Any
instrument of any kind, character, or description which throws or
projects bullets or missiles of any kind to any distance by means
of elastic force or air;
E. Any
explosive substance, such as dynamite, nitroglycerin, gun powder,
or any such manufactured article within the City.
For purposes of this chapter, all of the above are considered
weapons.
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(14-07; 21-05)
No person shall possess or carry in public any weapon identified in Section
9.92.010 with the intent to shoot or hunt within the City.
(90-14)
The prohibitions of this chapter shall not apply to any of the
following:
A. To police,
peace officers, or persons in military service using reasonable care
in the discharge of their duties;
B. To persons
using firearms in necessary self-defense;
C. To the
use of bows and arrows in the teaching of the sport of archery by
educational institutions or by the City's recreational department
as part of its regular program;
D. To the
discharging of firearms at a shooting range sponsored by the City
police department or other law enforcement agency;
E. To the
discharging of air powered or spring operated guns, or the use of
simple bows, not exceeding three feet in length, with blunt or practice
arrows, when the shooter and the projectile remain within a completely
fenced residential yard, provided that the shooting is by an adult
or under adult supervision.
(90-14; 12-01; 21-05)