DIVISION 1. 46-4. 1073, 1, 11-18-97; Ord. To carry or discharge firearms, fireworks, air guns, bows and arrows, slingshots or any device which would or could project any object which would or could create a fire hazard or any hazard or danger to the public, except with written approval of the city administrator. SameConditions to discharge.It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or fire off any firearm within the city except as follows:(1)Firing or discharging of a firearm in a shooting gallery that is operating in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws and city ordinances. 30-102. 108, 11-15-1960). (c)The term city building, as used in this section, is defined as any building or portion of a building owned, occupied, leased, or controlled by the city, for city or public operations and activities. 36-8. This section shall not apply to any police officer in the discharge of his official duties. IN GENERAL Weslaco, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. 1, 4-20-67). (c)Discharge of compressed fluid pistols, air guns, and bows and arrows by minors. Any destructive device. (g)Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 1-15.(Ord. 44-150. No person shall possess, fire, or discharge a device capable of propelling a projectile, including without limitation, any air gun, pistol, bow and arrow, cross bow, or sling shot in a city park; provided, however, the director of community services may permit the temporary occurrence of such activities in a city park for special programs and events. Texas - You can . Discharging weapons.It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any shotgun, rifle, pistol, air rifle, pellet gun, bow, or other device capable of propelling bullets, shot, arrow or any other projectile within 300 feet of the shoreline of Lake Ray Hubbard except in designated authorized areas. No. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:Firearm means any device designed, made or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated by an explosion or burning substance or any device readily convertible to that use.Prohibited acts means it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge:(1)Any gun, pistol or firearm of any kind;(2)Any air rifle or air pistol of any description; or(3)Any device by whatever name known that by means of compressed air, compressed gas, springs or any other means is capable of discharging shots, pellets or any solid object;within the city limits. gun, pellet gun, or similar instrument. 46-71. (Code 1969, 16-100)Cross reference Definitions generally, 1-2. IN GENERAL Taylor, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. IN GENERAL Richland Hills, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. FIREARMS Flower Mound, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. (a)It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any one or more of the following acts in a public park:(6)To carry or discharge firearms, fireworks, BB-guns, air guns, bows and arrows, slingshots, blowguns, rockets or paint-ball guns, unless authorized by the parks and recreation director; ARTICLE II. Discharge of firearms.It is unlawful for any person to discharge any gun, pistol or firearms of any kind, or to discharge any air rifle or air pistol of any description by whatever name known that by means of compressed air, compressed gas, springs or any other means is capable of discharging shots, pellets or any solid object at a velocity in excess of 300 feet per second in the city. 44-21. ARTICLE I. It is worth noting that arms and firearms are defined in the Texas Administrative Code as including "any device from which shot, a projectile, arrow or bolt is fired by the force of an explosion, compressed air, gas or mechanical device." The Code specifies that these types of arms are included in that definition: rifle, shotgun, handgun, air rifle, pellet gun, longbow, cross bow, slingshot . It is unlawful for any adult intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence to facilitate, suffer, or permit the physical possession of a firearm or an air rifle by a child by allowing the child to obtain unsupervised access to the firearm or air rifle. (2)A violation of this section also occurs if the reckless or criminally negligent discharge of the firearm occurs outside the city limits of the city but the expelled projectile, or any portion thereof, lands inside the city limits of the city. (b)The provisions of (a) of this article shall not apply to any officer of the law acting in the lawful performance of his or her duties, nor to any person engaged in the lawful defense of person or property, nor to any person lawfully shooting in a gallery or a shooting range. (Code 1992, 14-1)Sec. No. 2006-15, 9-8-2006; Ord. Compressed air and spring gunsFiring.It shall be unlawful for any person to fire any gun which discharges a bullet, pellet, or missile by means of compressed air, or any other compressed gas, or any gun discharging a bullet, pellet, or missile by means of a spring.(Ord. 62-31. Note that even under federal law, any firearm "which can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof" is not considered an 'antique firearm' and would be considered a 'firearm' for purposes of federal prohibitions. Such term does not include IN GENERAL Lampasas, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. The Texas Penal Code section of 4601 defines a . The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Gun, pistol, rifle, and firearms shall not only be defined to include all percussion weapons, but shall include all air-guns, air pistols, air rifles, and all other firearms using air pressure to propel a projectile. No. (2)If upon appropriate investigation of the facts contained in said application the chief of police determines that the public safety and health would not be endangered, and that the permit should be issued, he shall issue a permit within five working days of the conclusion of said investigation. No. Use and/or possession of firearms. Nothing contained in this section shall ever be construed as to prohibit any police official from firing firearms in the discharge of official duties and providing further that this section shall not be interpreted to prohibit a person from protecting his home, property or life. 708, III, 8-16-2005)State law reference Authority to regulate discharge of firearms, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code 229.001(b)(2). 70-10. 11-3. (Code 1972, 11-61; Ord. No. ARTICLE I. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm, with the exception of a bow and arrow, within an area of the city limits annexed prior to September 1, 1981; provided, that this section shall not be so construed as to prohibit the discharge of firearms: (1) In any activity or by any person considered within the class of exemptions applicable under state statutes;(2) In exhibitions of charitable contests conducted under conditions and supervision approved by the city council after application has been made to the city and permit has been issued;(3) By duly qualified and commissioned peace officers in the performance of the official duties of their office;(4) For the protection of a person or property in or about his home in accordance with the laws of the state; or(5) For hunting provided the discharge of the firearm complies with all of the following conditions: a. (a) All employees, except those who are required to do so in the performance of their official duties, are prohibited from carrying dangerous weapons while on duty or while on city property. An exception to this restriction is allowed consistent with provisions of subchapters C, D and E of chapter 9, Texas Penal Code (V.T.C.A., Penal Code 9.319.53), as amended. 79-512, 3, 1-23-79), Sec. 34-72. Const. (C)Any peace officer is hereby authorized to pick up or otherwise take possession of for evidence any gun, pistol, air rifle, air pistol, or firearm of any kind, discharged in violation of this article. (Code 1968, 14-12; Ord. 82, 11-2-1-76)Chapter 50 PARKS AND RECREATION Murphy, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. (a)It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, fire off or discharge any gun, pistol, rifle or other firearm of any description within the corporate limits of the city. (Code 1958, 39-9). (a) [Generally.] (f)Certain defenses. The specific kind of handgun determines whether . 10, 1, 9-17-62), ARTICLE III. It is a defense to prosecution under this section that:(1)The person was operating a private or public shooting gallery or turkey shoot under an unrevoked permit issued in accordance with chapter 14, article VIII. H, to carry or possess any firearm of any description, air rifle, spring gun, bow and arrow, sling, or any other form of weapon potentially inimical to wildlife and dangerous to human safety, or any instrument that can be loaded with and fire blank cartridges, or any kind of trapping device within a park. FIREARMS Lorena, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. (b)Any person who discharges any gun, pistol or other firearm, or any air rifle or air pistol of any description, by whatsoever name known, in violation of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined pursuant to section 1-14(Code 1974, 12-1; Ord. Alligators, bighorn sheep, javelina, mule deer, white-tailed deer, pronghorn, and turkey (. GENERAL OFFENSES Meadow lakes, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. No. 15-7. (c)Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to bow and arrow, in a public park where there is conducted an archery range maintained or approved by the City of Pasadena Recreation Department. ARTICLE IV. This section shall not apply to law enforcement officers in pursuance of their duties and while acting within the scope of their authority. 136, 1, 2-14-1947; Ord. No. Loc. 15-2. Firearms. Chapter 6 HEALTH AND SANITATION Sachse, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. P.C. IN GENERAL Boerne, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. 54-19. As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection: ARTICLE I. No. (e)This section is not intended to apply to any act prohibited in V.T.C.A., Penal Code 42.01.(Ord. (b)The provisions in subsection (a) of this section shall not prohibit the discharge of such guns or weapons by a person upon his own private property when the gun or weapon is discharged in such a manner that the projectile will not travel beyond the property line of such person and a device is installed for the purpose of stopping such projectiles within the boundaries of such persons property. ARTICLE I. (Code 1969, 18-13; Ord. Air guns are designed to shoot BBs, pellets or some models even shoot both using air-powered propulsion such as CO2 or a pump. Designation of city as bird sanctuary.The entire area within the corporate limits of the City of Jacksonville, Texas, and any other land owned by the City of Jacksonville, Texas are hereby designated as a bird sanctuary, and it shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to trap, shoot or attempt to shoot any type of firearm, including B-B gun, pellet or air gun, or to molest in any manner, any bird or wild fowl, or to rob the nest of any bird or wild fowl, anywhere within the City of Jacksonville, Texas or on any land owned by the City of Jacksonville, Texas; provided, however, the foregoing provisions and protection shall not apply as to pigeons (rock doves).(Ord. No. IN GENERAL Haltom City, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. (a) No person shall discharge any gun, pistol, rifle or firearm in the city. This section shall not apply in the following instances:(1)When the firing is done in the necessary and lawful protection of the person, premises or property, unless such firing is recklessly or carelessly done. Unlawful to permit, etc., discharge, etc., within one thousand feet of residence, etc. Persons holding valid licenses under V.T.C.A., Government Code 411 et seq., to carry concealed handguns, may carry such weapons only on municipal properties for which such carrying is not prohibited under V.T.C.A., Penal Code 46.03. . No. Weapons; firearms, air rifles, etc.Discharging prohibited.It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any air rifle, or any firearm of any description in the city.(Ord. These species include: Aoudad Sheep Armadillo Axis Deer Badger Beaver Bobcat Cottontail Rabbit Coyote Crow Blackbuck Antelope Eurasian Collard Dove Fallow Deer Feral Hogs Feral Rock Dove Fox Frogs Mountain Lion Muskrat Nilgai Antelope Nutria Opossum Otter Porcupine Prairie Dog Rabbit Raccoon Ringtailed Cat Russian Boar Sika Deer Sparrow Squirrel (Must be greater than 600 feet per second) Flying Squirrel Ground Squirrel Starlings Turtle. (a) Definitions. (c)This section shall not prevent the reasonable discharge of a weapon for the necessary and lawful protection of ones person, premises or property, unless such discharge be done in a reckless or negligent manner. If it uses gunpowder to launch a projectile it is considered a firearm 58-56. of 12-11-67, 1; Ord. It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor was engaged in any of the following:(1) The protection of persons or property as authorized by chapter 9 of the Texas Penal Code;(2) The enforcement of any state, federal, or local law by a legally authorized Peace Officer;(3) An activity or use authorized by the comprehensive zoning ordinances as adopted by reference in chapter 153 of this Code;(4) An event, performance, demonstration or ceremony authorized through the City of Carrollton permit process wherein the firearm or facsimile firearm is significant to the activity; or(5) An event, performance, demonstration or ceremony sponsored and conducted by a subdivision of federal, state or local government or school district wherein the firearm or facsimile firearm is significant to the activity. 219, 5-18-1961), ARTICLE 7.300 WEAPONS Orange, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. . Air guns over .18 caliber must have a velocity below 700 feet per second (FPS). 34-1. 14-184. IN GENERAL Graham, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the discharge of a weapon by city police officers or other law enforcement officers while performing their duties. (Code 1977, 12-8; Ord. The term does not include any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage, or other parking area. 47-44. Definitions.For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:Air gun. (C) Defenses. Additionally, the amount of air charged in the reservoir on the air gun is diminished after each successive shot which changes ballistics and ultimately the effectiveness of the air gun in taking game. Slings, air guns, etc.It shall be unlawful for any person to use any sling, gravel shooter, blowgun or air gun, or any other such device from which may be thrown gravel, marbles, shot or any other thing capable of injuring property or persons within the city. Also exempt is the firing of CO2 or other compressed gas tank rifles or pistols on supervised paintball courses occupying at least three acres of land. (c)A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine pursuant to the general penalty set forth in this Code. 22-101. (B)It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any gun, pistol, air rifle, air pistol or firearm of any kind or any slingshot, within the city limits, save and except that peace officers may lawfully discharge firearms within the city limits in the performance of their duty as peace officers, and air rifles and air pistols may be discharged on ones own property; provided, that the pellets or shots do not cross a public alley or street or a neighbors property line. (b)Pistol or rifle range exemption. No. No. No. Exemptions.This article shall not be construed as to prohibit the discharge of any pellet or dart gun, or the propelling of any other device mentioned in this article by any police officer, member of the armed forces of the state or nation, a veterinarian or animal control officer, or their agents or employees, in the regular discharge of their duties or to the discharge of bows and arrows or other named devices herein during sporting events supervised by municipal or school authorities, or pursuant to special permits issued by them, with adequate supervision and control to prevent errant carriage of the propelled devices into areas dangerous to the general public. (a)Unlawful activities. Recreational activities.No person in a park shall:(3)Hunting and firearms. 11-27. (a)It shall be unlawful for any dealer to sell, lend, rent, give or otherwise transfer any air gun to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years where the dealer knows or has reasonable cause to believe the person to be under eighteen (18) years of age or where such dealer has failed to make reasonable inquiry relative to the age of such person and such person is under eighteen (18) years of age. Firearms. To shoot, fire, or explode any firearms, fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, explosives of any kind, mechanically powered guns, air rifles, pellet guns, or slingshots in any part of the park. No listed air-gun ordinances. 24-71. 12-2. This is a major step forward in the evolution of air gun hunting. Discharge of firearms(b)Violations. (a)For the purpose of this section, a firearm is defined as any device designed, made or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated by an explosion or burning substance, or any device readily convertible to that use. Exemption from article.It shall be lawful for any person under eighteen (18) years of age to have in his possession any of the articles in section 24-13 if the article is:(a)Kept within his domicile. Carrying of dangerous weapons while on duty or on city property. 24-15. (a)It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any gun, pistol or firearm of any kind, or to discharge any air rifle or air pistol of any description whatever, by whatever name known, either by means of compressed air, compressed gas, pumps or any other means capable of discharging shots, pellets or any solid object at any velocity in excess of 300 feet per second, or to discharge any cannon, cracker or torpedo on or across any public square, street or alley, within the city or within 100 yards of any business or house within the city. ARTICLE II. 86-6. ARTICLE I. Prohibited acts.In the interest of public health, safety and the general welfare of the citizens of the city, it shall be unlawful for any person, except as specified in section 14-232 to:(1)Hunt or pursue any animal or wildlife at any time within the city limits by means of firearm, either handgun or rifle, or by any weapon or explosive device, including air rifles, spring guns, bow and arrow, slingshot or by any other instrument potentially dangerous to human safety. 772, II, 2-22-1996)State law reference Authority for municipal regulation of firearms, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code 229.001. Prohibiting firearms, air guns, etc., and their discharge in, across or near public squares, parks, or streets. (e)The terms gun, pistol, rifle, and firearm, as used in this section, shall not only be defined as to include all percussion weapons, but shall also include all air guns, air pistols, air rifles, and all other firearms using air pressure to propel a projectile. This provision does not apply to a certified peace officer in the course of his duty. It shall be unlawful for any person to fire, discharge or shoot, or cause to be fired or shot any handgun, BB gun, air rifle, air gun, pellet gun, bow, firearm, rifle, shotgun, automatic rifle, revolver, pistol or any other device designed for the purpose of firing or discharging a shell, cartridge, or any other solid or compact substance, whether propelled by burning, fire, explosion, compressed air, compressed gas, or mechanical springs, regardless if the object or substance is blank or live ammunition within the corporate limits of the city; provided however, this section shall not apply to persons who discharge, shoot or fire a pistol, rifle or any other device capable of discharging a solid projectile by mechanical springs as long as the person is within the legal boundaries of their own property and the projectile does not exit outside the boundaries of said property. 6-95. Discharging of weapons. Discharge of firearms, air guns, etc. 958, 1, 10-11-94)ARTICLE I. ARTICLE II. IN GENERAL Dumas, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. View: 48 96 144 | 146 Products. The target area is enclosed in such manner and with materials that will stop the projectiles;b. IN GENERAL Princeton, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. CONDUCT IN PUBLIC PARKS Port Arthur, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. Discharging air guns.It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any air gun within the city. PARKS San Marcos, Texas Code of OrdinancesWeapon means any device from which a shot, projectile, arrow, or bolt is fired by the force of an explosion, compressed air, gas or mechanical device. Discharge of dangerous weapons.Any person who discharges any gun, pistol or firearm of any kind, or who discharges an air rifle or air pistol of any description, by whatever name known, that by means of compressed air, compressed gas, springs or any other means is capable of discharging shots, pellets or any solid object at a velocity in excess of 300 feet per second, within 1,000 yards of any residence, public building or business house within the city shall be fined not more than $100.00. Use of firearms. (f)This section shall be applicable within the corporate limits of the city and also within the area immediately adjacent and contiguous to the city limits and extending outside the city limits for a distance of 5,000 feet, unless such area is within the corporate limits of another municipality.(Ord. (c)Discharge of compressed fluid pistols, air pistols, air guns, air rifles, and bows and arrows regulated. ARTICLE II. Discharge of weapons and other apparatus. 2006-06-076, 2, 6-20-2006; Ord. 98; zoning, ch. (4) This section shall not apply in cases of defense of self or others and to members of the armed forces and National Guard while engaged in the performance of official duties. 86; signs, ch. Ord. 125, 1, 9-22-64)Sec. (d)Discharge of compressed fluid pistols, air guns, and bows and arrows across public property or property of another. FIREARMS Childress, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. IN GENERAL Burleson, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. No. IN GENERAL El Campo, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. THE CITY COUNCIL Wharton, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. Discharging firearms, air guns, similar weapons, capable of propelling objects more than 50 feet. (e)The terms gun, pistol, rifle and firearm, as used in this section, means and includes all percussion weapons, all air guns, air pistols, air rifles and all other firearms using air pressure to propel a projectile. To receive this status the gun must be the equivalent of a big bore air gun that uses .18 caliber or higher ammunition with an FPS of 700 or more. These definitions shall be the same as is commonly understood by the average person familiar with such terms. Discharge of air gun. (2) Air-guns. 10-5. IN GENERAL Copperas Cove, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. AIR GUNSSec. 2003-09-081, 1, 9-16-2003; Ord. 18-2. Provided, however, that if the city health officer or the director of the animal shelter determines that a particular concentration of birds is constituting either a nuisance or a health hazard, then such birds may be trapped or otherwise eliminated without such activity constituting a molesting of such birds or any other violation of this Section or any other Section of this Code.(Ord. This section shall not apply to any law enforcement officers while in performance of their duties or as provided by federal or state law. 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