(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a peace officer, to carry a firearm into the municipal court or any room or office utilized by the municipal court.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm in the town limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the town, except:
(1) 
Within a properly secured and permitted indoor or outdoor firearms range, constructed and maintained in accordance with National Rifle Association specifications and standards and any standards prescribed by town ordinance or upon a range owned and operated by a governmental entity;
(2) 
The discharge of blanks during government-sanctioned celebrations or athletic events; or
(3) 
As otherwise may specifically be permitted for other purposes under the laws of the state.
(c) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a compressed air weapon in the town limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the town in a manner that causes the projectile to be propelled upon, across or into a public street, alley or other public thoroughfare or to be propelled across the property line of the property from which the projectile originated its propelling motion, except as may be specifically permitted under the laws of the state.
(d) 
This section shall not be construed to prohibit any peace officer from discharging a firearm in the performance of his/her duty, nor to prohibit any person from discharging a firearm when lawfully defending person or property or as specifically allowed by the laws of the state.
(e) 
For purposes of this section, the term "firearm" shall mean any type of handgun, shotgun, rifle, pistol and all percussion weapons. For purposes of this section, the term "compressed air weapon" shall mean BB gun, air rifle, pellet gun, bow and arrow or other instrument in which the projectile is propelled by compressed air.
(f) 
Any person violating the provisions of § 8.03.001(a) shall be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor or other category of offense as provided by state law and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished in accordance with the V.T.C.A., Penal Code, as its exists or may be amended. Any person violating the provisions of § 8.03.001(b) or § 8.03.001(c) shall be deemed guilty of a class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished in accordance with the Texas Penal Code, as its exists or may be amended.
(Ordinance 06-107, adopted 10/10/2006; Ordinance 2024-05, § 3, adopted 2/27/2024)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any BB gun, pellet gun, gun, pistol, rifle, or firearm of any kind within the Town limits, except within a properly secured indoor firearms range, constructed and maintained in accord with National Rifle Association specifications and standards, or upon a range owned and operated by a governmental entity.
(b) 
The terms "gun," "pistol," "rifle," and "firearm" as used in this section shall not only be defined as to include all percussion weapons, but shall also include all air guns, air pistols, air rifles, paintball guns, and any other firearm using air pressure to propel a projectile.
(c) 
This section shall not be construed to prohibit any peace officer from discharging a firearm in the performance of his duty, nor to prohibit any citizen from discharging a firearm when lawfully defending person or property.
(d) 
The discharge of weapons and hunting, with any permit required by the State of Texas, shall be allowed on private property annexed into the Town after September 1, 1981, with a shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow on a tract of land of ten acres or more and:
(1) 
More than 1,000 feet from the property line of any public land, as said land is defined in V.T.C.A. Local Government Code, § 229.003, as amended, school, commercial day care facility or hospital;
(2) 
More than 600 feet from the property line of a residential subdivision or multifamily residential complex; and
(3) 
More than 150 feet from a residence or occupied building on another property.
(4) 
For purposes of this subsection, the person discharging a weapon described in this subsection and on property described in this subsection must have the express written permission from the owner on or over whose property any projectile would fall. In no event shall said weapon be used in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of any tract.
(e) 
The discharge of weapons and hunting, with any permit required by the State of Texas, shall be allowed on private property annexed into the Town after September 1, 1981, with a center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any caliber on a tract of land of 50 acres or more and:
(1) 
More than 1,000 feet from the property line of any public land, as said land is defined in V.T.C.A. Local Government Code, § 229.003, as amended, school, commercial day care facility or hospital;
(2) 
More than 600 feet from the property line of a residential subdivision or multifamily residential complex; and
(3) 
More than 300 feet from a residence or occupied building on another property.
(4) 
For purposes of this subsection, the person discharging a weapon described in this subsection and on property described in this subsection must have the express written permission from the owner on or over whose property any projectile would fall. In no event shall said weapon be used in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of any tract.
(f) 
In the event state law is amended to provide more or fewer restrictions than those referenced in V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, ch. 229, as amended, then the provisions of said Chapter 229 shall prevail. Further, nothing herein shall limit an individual's right to protect life and property against animal predators, wild animals, or marauding animals.
(g) 
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined as provided in § 1.01.009 of this Code for each such violation, and each and every day such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense; provided, however, such penal provision shall not preclude a suit to enjoin such violation.
(Ordinance 96-03, §§ 1, 2, adopted 2/13/1996; Ordinance 2024-05, § 3, adopted 2/27/2024)