Chapter 9.24
WEAPONS

Sections:

9.24.010    Firearms defined.

9.24.020    Discharging firearms—Prohibited when.

9.24.030    Discharging firearms—Authorized when.

9.24.040    Persons under eighteen—Firearms prohibited.

9.24.050    Persons under eighteen—Firearms permitted when.

9.24.060    Violation—Penalty.

9.24.010 Firearms defined.

As used in this chapter, "firearms" means a cannon, gun, pistol, revolver, automatic pistol, rifle, shotgun, BB gun, airgun, pellet gun, or any other weapon of similar nature designed to discharge a projectile propelled by the expansion of a gas. (Ord. 450 § 1 (part), 1958)

9.24.020 Discharging firearms—Prohibited when.

No person shall, within the limits of the City, discharge or fire any firearms, except as provided in Section 9.24.030 of this chapter. (Ord. 450 § 1 (part), 1958)

9.24.030 Discharging firearms—Authorized when.

The provisions of Section 9.24.020 of this chapter as to the use of any firearm shall not apply to any of the following cases:

A. To police officers, sheriffs, consta-bles, marshals, or other police officers, or any person summoned by any such officers to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace, or persons who are members of the armed services of the United States, or the National Guard, while such persons are acting in the lawful discharge of their duties;

B. To persons using firearms in the lawful defense of self, third persons, or the user’s property;

C. To persons discharging or firing such firearms, or causing them to be discharged or fired at a regularly established firing, shooting or target range with the consent of the owner and/or person in charge of any such firing, shooting or target range. The term "regularly established firing, shooting or target range," as used in this subsection, means and includes properly constructed indoor and/or outdoor home ranges on private property, when such range is supervised by an adult. (Ord. 450 § 1 (part), 1958)

9.24.040 Persons under eighteen—Firearms prohibited.

It is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen years to have in his possession in a public place any firearm, except as provided in Section 9.24.050 of this chapter. (Ord. 450 § 1 (part), 1958)

9.24.050 Persons under eighteen—Firearms permitted when.

The provisions of Section 9.24.040 of this chapter shall not apply to persons under the age of eighteen years in the following cases:

A. When such person is in the immediate charge of a parent, guardian or adult person having the responsibility for the conduct of such person under the age of eighteen years;

B.    When the firearm is unloaded and either (1) in a dismantled or “take-down” condition, or (2) completely wrapped or in a carrying case made for the purpose of carrying such firearm. A gun shall be deemed to be unloaded only when no ammunition or propellant is in any part of the gun or magazine or clip thereof. (Ord. 450 § 1 (part), 1958)

9.24.060 Violation—Penalty.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 450 § 1 (part), 1958)