Greenfield Municipal Code Ch. 9.72 Discharge of Weapons

It is unlawful for any person other than a duly appointed or elected officer of the law while on duty to discharge any rifle, pistol or gun of any kind within the city.

(Ord. 100 § 1, 1966)

It is unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any air gun, air rifle, air pistol, BB gun or pellet gun, spring gun, slingshot, paintball gun, or any other similar device within the city.

(Ord. 100 § 2, 1966; Ord. 460 § 1, 2005)

It is unlawful for any minor, under the age of eighteen (18) years, to possess, in public, any air gun, air rifle, air pistol, BB gun or pellet gun, spring gun, slingshot, paintball gun, or any other similar device within the city.

(Ord. 460 § 1, 2005)

A. It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian or other adult person having the lawful care and custody of a person under eighteen (18) years of age to knowingly permit such person to discharge any weapon defined by section 9.72.020 of this chapter within the city limits or to possess any weapon defined by section 9.72.030 of this chapter, in public.

B. The provisions of section 9.72.030 of this chapter do not apply when the person under eighteen (18) years of age is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the lawful care and custody of the person.

(Ord. 460 § 1, 2005)

Upon the conviction of any person, any weapon described in sections 9.72.010, 9.72.020, and 9.72.030 of this chapter so discharged or possessed is a nuisance and shall be surrendered to the chief of police or designated officer. Such officer shall, except upon the certification of the city attorney or district attorney that the preservation thereof is necessary or proper to the ends of justice, annually destroy the weapons or cause them to be destroyed to such extent that they shall be wholly and entirely ineffective and useless for the purpose for which they were manufactured or constructed.

(Ord. 100 § 3, 1966; Ord. 460 § 1, 2005)