(a) No person shall fire, shoot, or discharge within the limits of the City any gun, rifle, pistol, or other firearm, or any air gun, air rifle, or air pistol, or any spring gun, spring rifle, or spring pistol, or any carbon dioxide or other gas operated gun, rifle, or pistol. The discharge of such guns, rifles, or pistols shall include blank ammunition and/or the discharge of a muzzle loader having a powder charge. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the discharge of blank ammunition in a starting gun during an athletic event.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) A peace officer in the performance of his or her duty; or
(2) Any person while shooting in a municipally licensed or municipally owned or operated shooting range; or
(3) Any person while shooting an air gun, air rifle, or air pistol, or any spring gun, spring rifle, or spring pistol, or any carbon dioxide or other gas operated gun, rifle, or pistol in any private place or location constructed or arranged such that it is not possible for the ammunition, projectiles, or other objects expelled by such guns, rifles, or pistols to escape the place or location; or
(4) Any person while lawfully defending life or property, including the destruction of injured animals or any predatory or dangerous animals.
(5) The simulated discharge of weapons for the purposes of filming as approved by a film permit issued pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 4 of this Code.
(c) Any person or party wishing to put into operation or use the places or locations described in subsection (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall secure the written approval of the Council before putting such place or location into operation or use.
(§ II, Ord. 774-NS, eff. April 9, 1981, as amended by § 5, Ord. 1525-NS, eff. October 22, 2009)