§ 46-2. Firearm regulations.

(a)

Definitions. 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:

Air rifle means and includes air gun, air pistol, pellet gun, pellet pistol, or any implement or device capable of propelling any shot, slug, pellet or missile by means of compressed air, compressed gas, or by means of any spring, elastic or rubber devise or any like device.

Firearms includes all rifles, including, but not limited to, .22 caliber rifles, air rifles, flobert rifles, pellet guns, slingshots, air pistols, gravel shooters, blow guns, shot guns, and pistols.

(b)

Prohibited acts.

(1)

It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any firearm or air rifle in, over, or along any of the parks, streets, or alleys of the city, or in, along, over, or across the premises of another, within the limits of the city, except in defense of self, home or family and except in duly constituted and supervised military training by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States or by the Alabama National Guard or by any duly constituted law enforcement agencies of the city, the county or the state.

(2)

It shall be unlawful for any person to permit his minor child or ward, or any child in his custody, to shoot or discharge any firearms or air rifle, as defined in subsection (a) of this section within the limits of the city.

(c)

Enforcement. It shall be the duty of any police officer, on observing the violation of this section, or in the investigation of a violation of this section wherein a sworn complaint has been made, to take any such firearm or air rifle into his custody, deliver the same to the chief of police as evidence, and such firearm or air rifle shall not be released until the investigation is completed and, in the event the said firearm or air rifle was taken from the possession of a minor child, it shall not be released to any person other than the parent, guardian, or other adult person having charge or custody of such minor child.

(Prior Code, §§ 8-31—8-33)