(a) Except as provided in divisions (c), (d), and (e) of this section, no person shall discharge any air gun, rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol or other firearm, or make use of any sling or arrow, within the corporate limits of the Municipality.
(b) No person shall, intentionally and without malice, point or aim a firearm at or toward another or discharge a firearm so pointed or aimed.
(c) This section does not extend to cases in which firearms, slings or arrows are used in self-defense, in the discharge of official duty or in justifiable homicide.
(d) This section does not extend to cases in which BB guns and other air guns, or slings or arrows, are used in the confines of dwellings, provided such use is under adult supervision and is approved by the Chief of Police.
(e) This section does not extend to private ranges and/or gun clubs which are located upon real property consisting of 95 or more acres and zoned for Conservation, Public Use; Recreation.
(1) “Private range” includes a private rifle range, private pistol range and a private pistol and rifle range, and means every place whether indoors or out, or underground, open to or used by members of a gun club or guests, where firearms are discharged at a target, but does not include ranges maintained by any military or police agencies.
(2) “Gun club” means and includes every association of 75 or more persons banded together to promote and engage in the shooting of firearms at targets in a private range.
(f) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 3005. Passed 8-24-09.)