(a) No person shall discharge any firearms within the corporate limits of the City. However, this section shall not apply to:
(1) Officers, agents or employees of this or any other state or the United States, or to law enforcement officers, acting within the scope of their duties;
(2) The discharge of firearms as part of a military array, where blank ammunition is used;
(3) Person acting in self-defense or in the defense of another person under circumstances in which, to a reasonably prudent person, the force created by the firearm used appears reasonably necessary to avert the attack; and
(4) The discharge of firearms in a soundproof, indoor firearms range, provided Council has approved, by resolution, such range and the usage to be made thereof. (Ord. 26-76. Passed 7-6-76.)
(5) The discharge of firearms, using either live or blank ammunition, for animal or wildlife control purposes, when such discharge is approved by the County Game Warden and the Mayor and only under such guidelines and limitations as set forth by the County Game Warden and Mayor.
(Ord. 24-02. Passed 4-16-02.)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 9-74. Passed 2-5-74.)