Thousand Oaks Municipal Code Ch. 11 Weapons

* Sections 5-11.01 through 5-11.04, recodified from Sections 5211, 5211.1, 5212, and 5212.1, T.O.O.C., and Ordinance No. 146, repealed by Ordinance No. 774-NS. effective April 9, 1981.

(a) No person shall fire, shoot, or discharge within the limits of the City any gun, rifle, pistol, or other firearm, or any air gun, air rifle, or air pistol, or any spring gun, spring rifle, or spring pistol, or any carbon dioxide or other gas operated gun, rifle, or pistol. The discharge of such guns, rifles, or pistols shall include blank ammunition and/or the discharge of a muzzle loader having a powder charge. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the discharge of blank ammunition in a starting gun during an athletic event.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

(1) A peace officer in the performance of his or her duty; or

(2) Any person while shooting in a municipally licensed or municipally owned or operated shooting range; or

(3) Any person while shooting an air gun, air rifle, or air pistol, or any spring gun, spring rifle, or spring pistol, or any carbon dioxide or other gas operated gun, rifle, or pistol in any private place or location constructed or arranged such that it is not possible for the ammunition, projectiles, or other objects expelled by such guns, rifles, or pistols to escape the place or location; or

(4) Any person while lawfully defending life or property, including the destruction of injured animals or any predatory or dangerous animals.

(5) The simulated discharge of weapons for the purposes of filming as approved by a film permit issued pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 4 of this Code.

(c) Any person or party wishing to put into operation or use the places or locations described in subsection (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall secure the written approval of the Council before putting such place or location into operation or use.

(§ II, Ord. 774-NS, eff. April 9, 1981, as amended by § 5, Ord. 1525-NS, eff. October 22, 2009)

(a) If the person shooting or discharging under Section 5-11.01 of this chapter is a minor, then he or she shall be supervised by an adult person who is present when the minor is shooting or discharging.

(b) No minor shall possess in any public place any gun, rifle, or pistol as described in Section 5-11.01 of this chapter, except as follows:

(1) When such minor is in the immediate charge and supervision of a parent, guardian, or adult person having the responsibility for the conduct of such minor, regardless of whether the gun, rifle, or pistol is capable of being immediately discharged or whether it is unloaded or in a dismantled or “take-down” condition or completely wrapped or in a carrying case made for the purposes of carrying such firearm; and

(2) When such minor is engaged in marksmanship training or firearm safety training at an established range or shooting area, as provided and regulated in Section 5-11.01 of this chapter, under the supervision of a competent adult instructor.

(§ II, Ord. 774-NS, eff. April 9, 1981)

(a) Any person residing or doing business in the City, who owns or possesses a firearm, as defined in the Penal Code, shall report the theft or loss of the firearm to the Thousand Oaks Police Department within seventy-two (72) hours after his or her discovery or knowledge of the theft or loss.

(b) Any person residing or doing business in the City, who has experienced the loss or theft of a firearm, as defined in the Penal Code, in the City within the five years prior to 4/19/2007, without the firearm having been recovered during such time, shall report the theft or loss to the Thousand Oaks Police Department within ninety (90) days of 4/19/2007.

(c) Any person who fails to report a lost or stolen firearm pursuant to this Section 5-11.03, when the person knew or should have known of the theft or loss, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in Section 1-2.01 of this code.

(§ 1, Ord. 1476-NS, eff. April 19, 2007)