(a) 
It shall be unlawful for anyone, except duly elected or appointed officers of the law, to carry, display in a public place or use a firearm or any concealed weapon with the intent to do bodily harm to any person.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person, except duly elected or appointed officers of the law, to carry, conceal or display in a public place any firearm or concealed weapon of any kind.
(c) 
The penalty, upon conviction, for carrying, concealing or displaying a firearm or concealed weapon of any kind shall be a fine in the city court of not to exceed $200.00.
(Ordinance 11 adopted 2/1/71)
(a) 
Prohibited actions.
Any person who discharges any rifle, pistol, pellet gun or air gun of any kind, by whatever name known, that by means of compressed air, compressed gas, springs or any others means is capable of discharging shots, pellets or any solid object at a velocity in excess of 300 feet per second shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) 
Exceptions to prohibited actions.
(1) 
This section shall not apply to the discharge of firearms or other weapons in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction or in an area of the city, if the firearm or other weapon is:
(A) 
A shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow discharged:
(i) 
On a tract of land of ten acres or more, and more than 150 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and
(ii) 
In a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or
(B) 
A center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged:
(i) 
On a tract of land of 50 acres or more, and more than 300 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and
(ii) 
In a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract.
(2) 
This section shall not apply to the discharge of a firearm:
(A) 
By a licensed peace officer in the course and scope of carrying out his or her law enforcement duties; or
(B) 
By a person who is justified in using deadly force under the following sections of the Texas Penal Code:
(i) 
9.21 - 9.22.
(ii) 
9.31 - 9.34.
(iii) 
9.41 - 9.43.
(c) 
Penalty.
(1) 
Any person violating this section upon conviction shall be fined not more than $250.00.
(2) 
A subsequent conviction under this section shall result in a fine of not more than $500.00.
(3) 
Nothing in this section prevents a law enforcement officer, charged with enforcement of this section, from filing a charge under applicable laws of the defined in the Texas Penal Code.
(Ordinance 2024-004 adopted 1/22/2024)