Chapter 9.32
WEAPONS
Sections:
9.32.010 Discharge prohibited.
9.32.020 Air rifles or pistols.
9.32.010 Discharge prohibited.
A. Other than law enforcement officer in the discharge of his duty or a person practicing within a licensed shooting gallery, it is unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any gun, pistol or other firearm or bomb within the corporate limits of the city.
B. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 1439 § 27, 2017; Ord. 402 §§ 9, 18, 1975)
9.32.020 Air rifles or pistols.
A. As used in this article, the words “air gun” mean and include the following: air gun, air pistol, air rifle, BB gun and toy guns of any kind or nature when so designed, contrived, modified and used to propel, by compressed air or spring-loaded plunger, any pellet, dart, hard-tipped arrow, bean pea, BB, rock or other hard substances a distance of more than 25 feet with sufficient force to break windows or inflict injury upon persons or animals.
B. It is unlawful for any person to fire off or discharge, or knowingly to permit to be fired off or discharged, any air gun of any description within the corporate limits of the city.
C. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 1439 § 28, 2017; Ord. 223 §§ 1, 2, 1949)
9.32.030 Carrying firearms.
A. Exemption from RCW 9.41.050(4). The city shall be exempt from the prohibitions to carrying firearms otherwise provided in RCW 9.41.050(4). (Ord. 778 § 2, 1994)