Paradise Municipal Code Ch. 9.24 Air Guns and Slingshots

For the purposes of this chapter:

A. "Air gun" means any device which propels a BB shot or pellet by means of one or more compressed springs, or any compressed air, carbon dioxide or other gas. Such devices are commonly known as BB guns or pellet guns.

B. "Slingshot" means a hand-held device which utilizes elastic material to propel a missile. (Ord. 16 §1(L)(part), 1980: county code §15-30)

It is unlawful to carry upon any public road or highway any device described in Section 9.24.010 when it contains its shot. (Ord. 16 §1(L)(part), 1980: county code §15-30.1)

It is unlawful to discharge any air gun or slingshot:

A. From, onto or across a public road or highway;

B. Onto or while upon the private property of another without the owner's consent. (Ord. 16 §1(L)(part), 1980: county code §15-30.2)

Anyone violating the provisions of Sections 9.24.020 or 9.24.030 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, nevertheless, that any such aforesaid violation or offense may be deemed an infraction as defined by Section 19C of the California Penal Code and charged as such in the discretion and at the election of the town prosecuting attorney, in which event the punishment therefor shall not be imprisonment but a fine not to exceed the amounts specified by Government Code Section 36900 as then in effect. Every day any violation of any provision of this chapter continues constitutes a separate offense. (Ord. 76 §7, 1982: Ord. 16 §1(L)(part), 1980: county code §15-30.3)