It shall be unlawful for any person other than a peace officer acting in his official line of duty to shoot, fire or discharge, or for any person, firm or corporation to cause or permit to be shot, fired or discharged, in the City of Lake Forest, any rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver, firearm, or projectile weapon, except when it may be necessary to do so to protect life or property, or to destroy or kill any nonprotected or dangerous animal. For the purposes of this section, the term "projectile weapon" shall include a BB gun, (including those firing plastic BBs, such as "air soft" weapons) pellet gun, slingshot, dart gun, bow and arrow, paint ball gun, spot marker gun, or any similar weapon which expels a projectile (such as a BB, pellet, arrow, dart or similar object) through the force of air pressure, CO2 pressure, bow action or spring action. This section shall not be applicable to tools that use small amounts of air pressure to drive nails or bolts.
(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)
Notwithstanding the restrictions established in Section 11.52.010, firearms and projectile weapons may be discharged at an established firing, shooting or target range, or hunting or gun club, or a properly constructed indoor or outdoor range on private property, with the consent of the owner or operator thereof, and provided that such range or club is operating legally. For purposes of this section, a range shall be deemed properly constructed if it is so installed, constructed, safeguarded, equipped and used as to adequately eliminate the risk that any bullet, shot or projectile will be projected beyond the confines of such range, when the range is properly used.
(Ord. 171 § 1, 2007)