If any person willfully discharges or causes to be discharged any firearm in any street in the town, or in any place of public business or place of public gathering, such person shall be punished pursuant to § 133.99. This section shall not apply to any law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her official duties nor to any other person whose willful act is otherwise justifiable or excusable at law in the protection of life or property or is otherwise specifically authorized by law.
(1998 Code, § 38-124) Penalty, see § 133.99
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Similar provisions, see VA Code § 18.2-280