Hesperia Municipal Code Ch. 9.12 Weapons

A. Except as hereinafter provided, it is unlawful to fire or discharge, or cause to be fired or discharged, within the city limits, any firearm, rifle, pistol, shotgun, or cannon, other than a B.B. gun, pellet gun, bow, crossbow, air rifle, gas operated gun, spring gun or slingshot, which discharges or propels any single solid projectile capable of causing injury.

B. Except as hereinafter provided, it is unlawful to fire or discharge, or cause to be fired or discharged within the city limits, any firearm which discharges or propels multiple shot, any airgun, B.B. gun, pellet gun, gas operated gun, spring gun, slingshot, bow, crossbow, air rifle or any other weapon not described in subsection (A) of this section, which is designed to discharge or propel any single solid projectile capable of causing injury, within one hundred fifty (150) yards of any of the following:

1. Aircraft;

2. Airport;

3. Train, or any portion thereof;

4. Railroad track;

5. Domestic livestock;

6. Public street, road or highway;

7. Public easement normally utilized by motor vehicles, pedestrians, horseback riders, or bicyclists;

8. Any building, tent, motor home, trailer, or other temporary or permanent residence or encampment of persons, without written permission of the owner, tenant or occupant having right to possession thereof.

C. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to peace officers when acting in the line of duty, persons otherwise lawfully acting to protect life or property, or to persons so firing or discharging in or upon a business establishment licensed by the city for such purposes.

(Ord. 250 (part), 1997; Ord. 60 § 3, 1989)