672.15 POINTING AND DISCHARGING FIREARMS.

(a) No person shall discharge any rifle, handgun, shotgun or any firearm capable of expelling or propelling one or more projectiles by the action of an explosive or combustible propellant within the corporate limits except upon a properly supervised range which has been approved by the Chief of Police.

(Ord. 1980-11. Passed 3-11-80.)

(b) No person shall intentionally, and without malice, point or aim a firearm at or toward another person or discharge a firearm so pointed or aimed, or maim or injure a person by the discharge of a firearm so pointed or aimed. This section shall not extend to a case when firearms are used at special functions authorized by the Mayor, when used in self-defense, in the discharge of official duty or in the case of justifiable homicide.

(Ord. 1958-25. Passed 5-27-58.)

(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 698.02.

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