(A) Air guns. No person shall carry or transport any BB gun, air rifle, air gun, pellet gun, or gas gun within the city unless said rifle or gun is carried unloaded in a case, and no person shall discharge any BB gun, air rifle, air gun, pellet gun, or gas gun within the city limits.
(Prior Code, Chapter 11, Article 1, § 51)
(B) Discharge of firearms. It shall be unlawful, within the city, to discharge any firearms except in a regularly established shooting gallery or sporting range; provided, this division (B) shall not be construed to prohibit:
(1) Any officer of the law from discharging a firearm in the performance of the officer’s duty;
(2) Any discharge of firearms in a ceremony;
(3) Any citizen from discharging a firearm when lawfully defending the citizen’s person or property or that of another; and
(4) Any employee of the city from discharging a firearm necessary for the performance of official city duties.
(Prior Code, Chapter 11, Article 1, § 51A)
(Ord. 4 (Series 1971-1972), passed - -; Ord. 9 (Series 1999-2000), passed 12-6-1999) Penalty, see § 132.99