Suisun City Municipal Code Ch. 9.12 Firearms

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall fire or discharge, or cause to be fired or discharged within the city limits, nor shall any parent, guardian or person having the care and control of any minor permit such minor to fire or discharge, or cause to be fired or discharged, within the city limits, any firearm, cannon, firework, gun, pistol, revolver, firecracker or explosive of similar nature, rifle, air rifle, air gun, BB gun or pellet gun, or any instrument or missile of any kind for the launching of projectiles to any distances by means of elastic force, air or any explosive substance, all referred to in this section as "firearms."

(Ord. 373 § 1, 1973)

The provisions of Section 9.12.010 as to the use of any of the firearms mentioned therein shall not apply to any of the following cases:

A. To police officers or persons in military service in the reasonable discharge of their duties;

B. To persons using firearms in reasonable and necessary self-defense;

C. To the discharging or firing of such firearms or causing them to be discharged or fired at a legal firing, shooting or target range;

D. Upon a written permit applied for and granted by the chief of police to protect life or property against animals, birds or rodents.

(Ord. 373 § 2, 1973)