(A) Discharging firearm; prohibited. No person shall discharge or fire any firearm within the Village of Birch Run.
(B) Persons exempt from ordinance. The ordinance shall not apply to:
(1) A law enforcement officer or a member of a duly authorized military organization when acting in the discharge of his or her duties;
(2) A person lawfully defending his or her home, person or property;
(3) A person within his or her own habitation or within a building owned by him or her or person so acting within the habitation or building of another with the permission of the latter; and
(4) A person shooting at an educational or training program under adequate supervision.
(C) Firearm defined. For the purpose of this section, the word FIREARM shall mean any weapon or device from which is propelled any missile, projectile, bullet, shot, pellet or other mass by means of explosives, compressed air or gas or by means of springs, levers or other mechanical device.
(1992 Code, §§ 50.001 - 50.003) (Ord. 2-69, passed - - 1969) Penalty, see § 130.99