Redwood City Municipal Code § 37.7 Firearms and Weapons—discharge Prohibited

No person shall, within the City, discharge or fire or cause to be discharged or fired any firearm, cannon, anvil, gun, pistol, revolver or explosive of similar nature, rifle, shotgun, air rifle, air gun, BB gun, pellet gun, blow gun, slingshot, rubber sling, bow, cross bow, or other instrument, device or apparatus by means of which bullets, missiles or propellants of any kind or description are hurled or projected any distance, except that this Section shall not apply to the cases set forth in the following Section.

(Ord. No. 2527, § 3(Exh. A), 8-28-2023)

The provisions of the preceding Section as to the use of any of the firearms or other instruments, devices or apparatuses mentioned therein shall not apply to any of the following cases:

A. To police, peace officers or persons in military service, in discharge of their duties and using reasonable care.

B. To persons using firearms or other instruments, devices or apparatuses in necessary defense of self or property.

C. To persons discharging or firing or causing to be discharged or fired such firearms or other instruments, devices or apparatuses at a regularly established firing, shooting, archery or target range, under competent adult supervision and with the consent of the owner or person in charge of any such firing, shooting, archery or target range.

D. To persons duly licensed to hunt waterfowl discharging or firing or causing to be discharged or fired shotguns at waterfowl when in season, and in accordance with the California Fish and Game Code and pertinent regulations of the State or the United States Government, within submerged lands and tidelands (to the point of mean high tide) of San Francisco Bay, excluding and excepting the following:

1. All of Steinberger Slough;

2. All of Smith Slough;

3. All of Belmont Slough;

4. All of Redwood Creek;

5. That portion of Corkscrew Slough lying between the confluence thereof with Redwood Creek and a line perpendicular to the centerline of said Slough one thousand (1,000) yards westerly of said confluence;

6. That portion of Corkscrew Slough lying between the confluence thereof with Steinberger Slough and a line perpendicular to the centerline of Corkscrew Slough one thousand (1,000) yards easterly of said confluence;

7. Within any wild life management area or game preserve managed by an agency of the State or the United States Government not expressly permitting such hunting;

8. Within any such lands on Redwood Peninsula, and within a band of land lying between the toe of that portion of the outboard levee on said Peninsula as said toe extends between the mouths of Belmont Slough and Steinberger Slough, and a line five hundred (500) feet bayward of and parallel with said toe of the levee, and including Bird Island; and provided that, prior to any such discharging or firing of such shotguns within such tidal or submerged lands bayward of such five hundred-foot wide band of land, there shall have been posted and maintained on Redwood Peninsula signs giving reasonable notice of the prohibition of shooting or hunting on said peninsula;

9. Within five hundred (500) yards of a residential or industrial building; and

10. Within five hundred (500) yards of any marked navigation channel.

(Ord. No. 2527, § 3(Exh. A), 8-28-2023)

It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of sixteen (16) years to have in their possession in a public place, any of the firearms or other instruments, devices or apparatuses mentioned in Section 37.7 hereof, except as provided in the following Section.

(Ord. No. 2527, § 3(Exh. A), 8-28-2023)

The provisions of the preceding Section hereof shall not apply to persons under the age of sixteen (16) in the following cases:

A. When the person under the age of sixteen (16) years is in the immediate charge of a parent, guardian or adult person having the responsibility for the conduct of the person under the age of sixteen (16) years.

B. When the firearm or other instrument, device or apparatus is unloaded and either in a dismantled or takedown conditions or in a carrying case made for the purpose of carrying such firearm or other instrument, device or apparatus. A firearm, or instrument, device or apparatus shall be deemed to be unloaded when no ammunition, bullet, missile or propellant is in any part thereof.

(Ord. No. 2527, § 3(Exh. A), 8-28-2023)

Any police or peace officer shall seize any firearm or other instrument, device or apparatus, whether discharged or in the possession of a person contrary to the provisions of this Article.

(Ord. No. 2527, § 3(Exh. A), 8-28-2023)