(A) No person shall discharge an air gun, rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol or other firearm within the corporate limits of the city, except as permitted by division (B) or (C) of this section, or in self-defense or in defense of another.
(B) Upon written permission secured from the Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police, firearms may be discharged in the city at public or private exhibitions. Application for such permits shall be made to the Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police and such permits shall be issued under such reasonable regulations to protect the public peace and safety of persons and property as the Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police may prescribe. In such cases, persons discharging such firearms shall be held strictly responsible for any damage to persons or property.
(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit members of the armed forces or a veterans organization from discharging firearms as part of a burial or memorial service for deceased veteran of veterans, providing that such discharging of a firearm or firearms does not endanger any person or property. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit law enforcement officers from discharging firearms at a police firearms range or from discharging a firearm to kill a dog which is attacking a companion animal. “Companion animal” has the same meaning as in § 90.13 of this Code of Ordinances.
(D) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the offender has previously been convicted of a violation of this section, or if a violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to any person, a violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(‘65 Code, § 549.12(a), (b)) (Ord. 17-86, passed 3-18-86; Am. Ord. 07-087, passed 8-21-07; Am. Ord. 14-044, passed 7-1-14)