Merced Municipal Code Ch. 9.20 Weapons

It is unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any air gun or air pistol, spring gun or spring pistol or slingshot or other device for discharging projectiles within the corporate limits of the city.

(Ord. 1317 § 1, 1980: prior code § 17.2).

A. No person shall shoot, fire or discharge, or cause or permit to be shot, fired or discharged, in the city, any rifle, shotgun, revolver or firearm of any kind.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a peace officer nor to duly appointed animal control officers, acting within the scope and course of official duties, nor to city personnel authorized by the city engineer to control rodents by the use of firearms.

C. This section shall not be construed or deemed to prohibit:

1. The establishment or maintenance within the city of any pistol, rifle or target range, nor to prohibit the use of firearms on said range thereon, by any person using such range, if such range is so installed, constructed, safeguarded, equipped and used as to adequately prevent any bullet, shot or missile from being projected beyond the confines of such range;

2. The use of a shotgun in compliance with Section 9.44.010.

(Ord. 1318 § 2, 1980: prior code § 17.32).