Menlo Park Municipal Code Ch. 8.32 Guns

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall have in his possession within this city, and no person shall fire or discharge or cause to be fired or discharged within this city, and no parent, guardian or person having the care, custody or control of any minor shall permit such minor to have in his possession within this city or to fire or discharge or cause to be fired or discharged within the city, any firearm, cannon, gun, pistol, revolver, rifle, air rifle, airgun, BB gun or pellet gun or any instrument of any kind, character or description which throws or projects bullets or missiles of any kind to any distance by means of elastic force, air or any explosive substance, all referred to in this section as "firearms."

(Ord. 631 § 1 (part), 1978)

The provisions of section 8.32.010 as to the use of any firearms mentioned therein shall not apply to any of the following cases:

(1) To police, peace officers or persons in military service in the discharge of their duties and using reasonable care;

(2) To persons using firearms in necessary self-defense;

(3) To the possession of such firearms for keeping at the place of residence or business of the person otherwise in lawful possession thereof, or while traveling to or from a legal firing, shooting or target range or hunting ground;

(4) To the discharging or firing of such firearms or causing them to be discharged or fired at a legal firing, shooting or target range or hunting ground;

(5) To the use of a gun firing .22 caliber shot-cartridge only, upon a written permit applied for and granted by the chief of police to protect life or property against animals, birds or rodents.

(Ord. 631 § 1 (part), 1978)