Marin County Municipal Code Ch. 6.56 Firearms

Use of firearms near fires prohibited—See Chapter 16.04.

Prior ordinance history: Ord. 991.

The term "firearm" shall mean any gun, pistol, revolver, rifle, automatic pistol or rifle, shotgun, air rifle, spring-operated BB gun, or any other weapon of a similar nature.

(Ord. 1464 § 3, 1965: Ord. 994 § 1 (part), 1958)

No person shall discharge or possess any firearms on or upon any lands belonging to or occupied by another unless he has in his possession the written permission of the owner of said lands or his agent or person in lawful possession thereof.

(Ord. 994 § 1 (part), 1958)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any peace officer or persons summoned by peace officers to assist in making an arrest or preserving the peace, or any person who is a member of the armed services of the United States, the national guard, or the state guard, or any person employed by the county, state, or by the United States to destroy predatory animals, birds, or pests, while such persons are acting in a lawful discharge of their duties.

(Ord. 1464 § 2, 1965: Ord. 994 § 1 (part), 1958)

Any person violating the terms of Sections 6.56.020 and 6.56.030 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine in the sum of fifty dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of ten days or both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 994 § 2, 1958)

Any person who uses or has in his possession in a county park of the county of Marin any firearm, or any trap or other contrivance designed to be or capable of being used to take birds or animals, or any person discharging any firearm in or into such county park is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided however, that the provisions of this section shall not prohibit the possession of firearms by persons when traveling through any such county park on the public highway, when such firearms are taken apart or encased and unloaded.

(Ord. 518 § 1, 1950)

Every person who for the purpose of hunting, pursuing, taking, killing or destroying any animal or bird, enters upon any county park of the county of Marin is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person employed by the county, the state of California, or by the United States to destroy predatory animals or birds or pests as defined in Section 100 of the Agricultural Code, when acting in the course of his employment.

(Ord. 518 § 2, 1950)

Any person who discharges a rifle within five hundred yards of the city limits of the cities of Fairfax, Novato and San Rafael, or within one thousand yards of the city limits of any other incorporated city in Marin County shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

The foregoing shall not apply to members or guests of target or hunting clubs or similar activities, hunting or shooting on property owned or controlled, or for which permission has been granted to use such property to the club or activity; provided, that the board of supervisors has issued a permit acknowledging the existence of said club or activity.

(Ord. 2385 § 1, 1978)

Any person who discharges any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, air rifle, spring-loaded BB gun, or firearm within one hundred fifty yards of any building, dwelling house, road, camp, or other place where human beings usually inhabit, assemble, frequent, or pass, said one hundred fifty yard area being hereby declared a "safety zone," is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such fine or imprisonment; and

In addition to the foregoing absolute prohibition, any person who, without reasonable regard for the safety of persons or property, discharges any such firearm at, in or in the direction of any building, dwelling house, road, camp or other place where human beings usually inhabit, assemble, frequent or pass, although outside the one hundred fifty yard limitation, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by both such fine or imprisonment.

(Ord. 1464 § 1, 1965: Ord. 266 § 1, 1938)