It shall be unlawful for any person to use or discharge within the corporate limits of the city any gun, pistol, revolver, rifle, air gun, slingshot, BB gun, pellet gun, paint gun or any other firearm, weapon or device charged with shot or other projectiles. However, this section shall not apply to the lawful use of the instruments within any enclosures constructed and arranged so as to prevent the escape of the shot or projectiles from the enclosures, when their use is required for public or individual defense and safety or when a police officer or other employee of the Police Department shall use their firearm in the line of duty. The police are hereby authorized, ordered and directed to seize and hold any such instrument that is found to be in violation of this section and to produce the same before the Court upon the hearing of any person arrested for the use thereof.
(Prior Code, § 130.050) (Ord. 97-16, passed 8-4-1997) Penalty, see § 133.99