Subd. 1. Firearm Discharge and Carry. With the exception of Subd. 5 below, no person except a police officer in the performance of duty shall, within the city, discharge any gun, pistol, or firearm of any description, or carry any such weapon unless it is dismounted or broken apart or carried in a case in such a manner that it cannot be discharged. This Subd. 1 does not prevent the carrying of a handgun within the city under a permit subject to the restrictions imposed by law.
Subd. 2. Pointing of Guns Prohibited. No person shall, within the city, aim or point any firearm, air gun, or BB gun, of any kind, whether loaded or not, at or towards another human being, except it being in defense of person or persons or property against one committing or attempting to commit a felony.
Subd. 3. Air Rifles, Sling Shots, Wrist Rockets, BB Guns, Air Guns, and Paint Ball Guns. With the exception of Subd. 5 below, no person shall use or discharge any air rifle, sling shot, wrist rocket, BB gun, air gun, or paint ball gun within the city.
Subd. 4. Offense by Parents, Guardians. It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian of any person under the age of 18 years knowingly to permit the person to violate any provision of this section.
Subd. 5. Hunting on Privately Owned Property. Discharge of a firearm for the purpose of hunting may be permitted on privately owned property, providing the following conditions are satisfied. A person requesting permission to discharge a firearm under this subdivision must be either the landowner or possess current written permission from the landowner. Discharge of a firearm may not take place within 500 feet of any building, structure, platted area, public park, public trail, or public/private school. A request to hunt in accordance with this subdivision must be submitted on the designated application form which may be approved by the Chief of Police or his or her designee if it is determined the discharge of a firearm can be undertaken in a safe manner. Granted requests require that the hunter(s) be issued a special permit which shall be in possession at all times while hunting on the permitted property. The hunting permit may be revoked at any time by the Chief of Police if it is determined a violation of this section has occurred, or the land owner has rescinded permission. All applicable state statutes and regulations shall apply to hunting within city limits in accordance with this subdivision.
Subd. 6. Use of Bow and Arrow. It is unlawful for any person to shoot a bow and arrow or other similar device, including a crossbow, within the city limits except in a physical education program in a school supervised by a member of its faculty, a community-wide supervised class or event specifically authorized by the Chief of Police, or a bow and arrow range authorized by the City Council.
(Ord. 2015-12, passed 12-9-2015; Ord. 2024-07, passed 5-22-2024)