(a) Unless otherwise permitted by state law, no person, except a police officer, shall possess or discharge a firearm, deadly weapon, dangerous ordnance, air rifle, slingshot or missile throwing device.
(b) Firearms, bows and arrows, knives, air or gas guns, missiles, slingshots or other missile throwing devices or any snares or traps brought into a park may be confiscated by peace officers.
(c) Affirmative defenses to a violation of division (a) of this section are self-defense, the discharge of official duty, when otherwise authorized by law, when participating in a City sponsored Parks and Recreation program or a competition event approved by the Director of Public Safety and, if the event is to be held in municipal park, the Director of Parks and Recreation.
(Ord. 37-03. Passed 5-27-03; Ord. 61-2021. Passed 5-10-21.)