(A) Subject to the provisions of division (B) below, no person shall knowingly discharge a firearm or throw a missile within the corporate limits of the Town of Fremont.
(B) Division (A) above shall not be applicable to:
(1) Federal, state or local law enforcement officers, while acting in furtherance of their law enforcement duties;
(2) Authorized persons appropriately using an interior firing range designed and certified as being in compliance with Indiana state police, the NRA or a state regulatory agency, and which is designed to and does preclude the discharge from being audible on any adjacent property; or
(3) A person who acts within the permissible limits of self-defense and defense of others, as described by I.C. 35-41-3-2 and the laws and statutes of the State of Indiana.
(C) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FIREARMS. Any weapon or device that has the capacity to, is designed to, or that may readily be converted to expel a projectile by means of an explosion.
KNOWINGLY. A person engages in conduct "knowingly" when he or she is aware of a high probability that he or she is discharging a firearm or throwing a missile.
MISSILE. Any weapon or object designed or used for throwing, hurling, launching, or shooting, including, but not limited to, a stone, bullet, bolt or arrow.
(D) (1) Any person who knowingly violates Division (A) shall be fined not more than $25 for each violation.
(2) No parent, guardian or other person having legal control of any person less than 18 years of age, shall permit the minor to violate this section. Any parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of a minor person shall be liable for any fine assessed due to the minor's violation of this subchapter.
(Ord. 2016-13, passed - -)