A. Any person who shall discharge any firearm, while in a public building owned or leased by Ada County, while not pointed or aimed at or toward any person, and without injury to any person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Any person who shall discharge any firearm, while in a public building owned or leased by Ada County, while intentionally, without malice, aimed at or toward any person, and without injury to any person, shall be guilty of misdemeanor. Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Any person who shall discharge any firearm, while in a public building owned or leased by Ada County, while carelessly, recklessly or negligently handling, using, or operating the firearm and injures another person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor less than three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
D. Any person who, while in a public building owned or leased by Ada County, shall injure any other person by the discharge of any firearm pointed or aimed, intentionally, but without malice, at any such person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six (6) months nor less than one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
E. It shall not be a crime under this section to point a firearm at a person or discharge a firearm in the lawful defense of person or persons or property or for a law enforcement officer to point a firearm at a person or to discharge a firearm in the conduct of his or her duties.
F. Any person who shall discharge a firearm as defined in subsection A, B, C, or D of this section, if said discharge occurs at a gun show event held at Expo Idaho, shall be banned from future gun show events at Expo Idaho. (Ord. 184, 11-9-1987; amd. Ord. 305, 9-25-1996; amd. Ord. 363, 8-31-1998; amd. Ord. 603, 1-30-2006; amd. Ord. 736, 12-22-2009; amd. Ord. 865, 3-21-2017)