Chapter 9.210
UNLAWFUL USE OF AIR
GUNS – PENALTY

Sections:

9.210.010    Unlawful use of air guns – Penalty.

9.210.010 Unlawful use of air guns – Penalty.

A. Any person who points or shoots an air gun at any person or property of another, or who aims or discharges such weapon in the direction of the person or residence of another, while within such range as to cause or inflict injury to the person or damage the property of another, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to any other punishment imposed, the court shall order the weapon to be confiscated and disposed of in accordance with statutes or ordinances governing the disposal of confis­cated or found weapons.

B. “Air gun” means any air gun, air pistol, air rifle, BB gun and toy or other guns designed or 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 twenty-five feet (25′) with sufficient force to break windows or inflict injury upon persons or animals. (Ord. 992 § 1 (part), 1996).