(a) [Generally.] Discharge of firearms(b)Violations. ARTICLE I. (9) "Machine gun" means any firearm that is capable of shooting more than two shots automatically, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. Ultimately you will need to check with your local jurisdiction to make sure the information found on this website is up to date. (g)The term projectile weapon, as used in this Code, means firearms (unless permitted under subsection (a) of this section), 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. 50-22. ARTICLE IV. Penal Code 1.07(a)(17)(A) (Vernon 1994). Discharge of weapons. (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. (b)Any person who shall possess any gun, pistol, firearm of any description, bow and arrow, or any like device in a public park within the city, except the Pasadena Police Department firing range, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Firearms means gun, pistol, revolver, pellet gun, bb gun, air gun, shotgun, rifle, bow and arrow, cross bow or any other weapon. 1996-33, 1, 4-22-96)ARTICLE 2. No person shall use, carry or possess firearms of any description or air-rifles, spring-guns, bows and arrows, slings or any other forms of weapons potentially inimical to wildlife and dangerous to human safety, or other instrument that can be loaded with and fire blank cartridges, or any kind of trapping device. WEAPONS Bedford, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. 58-1. It is illegal:(1) To carry a concealed handgun in a city park, except by those persons who are duly licensed by this state to carry a concealed handgun in accordance with state law. After . CHAPTER 130: MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES Jacksboro, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. (Code 1985, 10.100; Ord. Purpose.This article is adopted so that the city may promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare within the city through the regulation of the discharge of firearms, air guns, and other weapons. The parent or guardian of any person under age 18 is prohibited from . ARTICLE II. No. No. This extends from purchase and handling through usage during hunting. 24-27. How Effective Are Non-Lethal Pepper Ball Guns For Self Defense? Chapter 14 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Breckenridge, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. (a)Unlawful action. It is unlawful and an offense for any person to fire or shoot or cause to be fired or shot, any firearm, as that term is defined in this chapter, including any rifle, shotgun, automatic rifle, handgun, air rifle, BB gun, pellet gun or any weapon designed for the purpose of firing or discharging any shell or cartridge, whether such is blank or live, in any place within the corporate limits of the city, except as otherwise permitted for self-defense or other purposes under the laws of the state, or by the exceptions hereinafter set forth in this chapter.(Ord. (3)It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, to shoot, fire or discharge an air pistol, air rifle, or BB gun across a public right-of-way within the city limits of the city. Dangerous weaponsDischarge.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, on or across any public square, street, or alley of the city or within 100 yards of any business house within the city shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Discharging air rifles or air pistols. No person shall exhibit or discharge firearms of any description, or air-rifles, spring-guns, bow-and-arrow, slings or any other forms of weapons potentially inimical to wild life and dangerous to human safety, or any instrument that can be loaded with and fire blank cartridges, or any kind of trapping device. Handguns.d. ARTICLE 13.300 CONDUCT IN PARKS Bowie, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec 13.301 Unlawful Acts. The term air gun includes but is not limited to BB guns, pellet guns, air pistols, paintball guns, and air rifles.Bow means a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood or other material with a taut cord to propel the arrow.Crossbow means a weapon consisting of a bow fixed transversely on a stock having a trigger mechanism to release the bowstring, and often incorporating or accompanied by a mechanism for bending the bow.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. 2153-00, 11-14-2000). Discharge of air guns and miscellaneous weapons prohibited.It shall be unlawful to discharge any BB gun, air gun, air rifle, bowstring, slingshot, or air pistol of any description and by whatever name known, that by means of compressed air, compressed gas, springs, sling, bow and arrow, or any other means is capable of propelling or discharging any shot, pellet, slug, arrow, or any solid object at any velocity, anywhere within the limits of the city.(Ord. As a result, air rifles are considered much safer. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS GENERALLY Houston, Texas Code of Ordinances. The receipt shall have printed notice thereon that such property may be reclaimed by the parent or person having legal custody of such child at the city police station or city hall. No. More than 300 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; andc. 1823, 14, 2-21-77)State law reference See V.T.P.C. 95-12-14, I, 12-11-95; Ord. 70-31. ARTICLE III. (e)A violation of either subsection (c) or (d) of this section is hereby declared to be a class C misdemeanor. 586, 2, 8-21-07)Editors note Ord. Sec. 23-9. Loc. (a)It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or shoot or cause to be fired or shot any firearm, rifle, shot gun, automatic rifle, revolver, pistol, air gun, bow and arrow or any other weapon designed for the purpose of discharging or firing a shell or cartridge within the corporate limits of the city. No. No. (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. No. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any gun, pistol, shotgun, rifle or other firearm of any description into, over or through the city limits. 96-01-04, 1, 1-2-1996; Ord. (84 Code, 14-4)Cross reference Penalty, 10.99.State law reference Authority to regulate the discharge of firearms, Tex. 3430, 1, 8-27-12)Sec. (b)Discharge of firearms within an area of the city limits existing or annexed prior to September 1, 1981. IN GENERAL Shoreacres, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. Discharging weapons.(a)Definitions. SameDischarge on private property.It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any air gun, BB gun or air rifle of any kind, character or description in, on or across any private real property which is occupied or used by other persons for residential purposes or any real property used in connection with such residential use located in the city. 50-91. 87-11, 2, 3-9-87)State law reference Similar state law, V.T.C.A., Penal Code 42.01(a)(9)(11). (b)The prohibition of this section is intended to apply to any gun, slingshot or other mechanical device (other than firearms, the discharge of which is prohibited and regulated by separate ordinance), which is designed to and capable of hurling or propelling a BB or other shot, pellet, dart, projectile, arrow, rock or similar device a greater distance than 30 feet, regardless of whether the projectile or device is propelled by air, gas, mechanical device, metal or bow or other spring, or elastic material of any kind, but does not include firearms using explosives, the discharge of which is prohibited and regulated by separate ordinance. IN GENERAL McKinney, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. 12-2. 98; zoning, ch. gun, bow and arrow, and any other mechanism that discharges or ejects any bullet, buckshot, or any other metallic object of any size by force of combustion, mechanism, or air. 24-1. Discharge of firearms, fireworks, etc., prohibited.(a)Prohibition. 70-36. In order for something to be a firearm and under the purview of the ATF, it must expel a projectile by means of a combustive explosion or use the frame from something that does. (b) It is unlawful for any person to discharge or shoot an air rifle within the city, except that BB guns may be shot or discharged by a person if the point of such discharge is not within the right-of-way of any public street, road or highway, and is not within 2,000 feet of any structure located either within or without the city, and if the discharged projectile does not penetrate or cross any public street, road or highway located either within or without the city. Answer (1 of 12): There are no background checks conducted when buying an air rifle. No. gun, spring gun, bows and arrows, instruments capable of throwing a projectile, or possess any firearm, or throw or launch any stone, hard ball, remote control airplane, or other object likely to inflict injury; or drive any golf ball. (a)The term paint-gun or paintball gun, as used in this section, means any device that can be used to discharge paint or dye onto a person, object or target in such a fashion as to simulate the firing of a bullet or other ammunition at the subject. 58-1. ARTICLE II. (Code 1984, 9-2-1, 9-2-2), ARTICLE II. Furthermore, there are no restrictions on age limit for possession of air rifles and air guns . Definitions.Air powered weapon means any BB rifle or BB gun, pellet gun, air gun, paint ball gun, spear gun, wrist rocket and/or slingshot of any description.Archery device means any bow, compound bow, long bow, cross bow, cross bow pistol or any other device capable of firing an arrow or bolt.Firearm means any pistol, handgun, rifle or shotgun that fires a projectile through the combustion of gunpowder or other propellant.Indoor archery range means a room, place, or enclosure equipped with targets for practice with a bow, compound bow, cross bow, cross bow pistol or any other device capable of firing an arrow or bolt.Indoor firing range means a room, place, or enclosure equipped with targets for practice with any BB gun, pellet gun, air rifle or pistol, gun, pistol, or firearm of any description.TABLE OF AMENDMENTS Georgetown, Texas Code of Ordinances2003-35 Amends 9.08.010, discharge of BB guns, pellet guns, air guns, paint ball guns, spear guns, wrist rockets and/or slingshots and engagement in archery; Repeals 12.20.060 B., prohibited practices; Adds 12.24.060 I., contents of application for special event permit; Adds 12.24.080 H., application for permitissuance 9.08, 12.20, 12.24. Discharge of weapons.(a)Definitions. Shot placement into vital organs (heart, lungs) is also critical in order to minimize wounding loss since cause of death from air guns and arrow guns would be more similar to archery or historic muzzleloader equipment rather than that of a centerfire rifle. 22-4. Pellet and BB guns.It shall be unlawful to discharge any air rifle, pellet gun, BB gun, carbon dioxide (CO2) gun, bow, crossbow or so-called hunting slingshot so that the projectile therefrom crosses any public property, or crosses any thoroughfare or property line within the city, except that such may be discharged by any party upon his own property and upon the property of another only when acting in such other persons presence and with his permission. 93-1087, III, 10-25-1993). 30-3. According to Section 22.05 of the Texas Penal Code, engaging in deadly conduct with a firearm is considered a felony of the third degree. 767, 2, 3, 9-18-91; Ord. IN GENERAL Magnolia, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. FIREARMS Jersey Village, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. Definitions; firearms in city buildings. (b)This section shall not be applicable if the discharge of the rifle, pistol, pellet gun, shotgun or projectile from a crossbow or other manually released bow was by reason of the exercise of the lawful prevention of crime, the lawful exercise of the right of self-defense, the lawful protection of ones family and/or property or the lawful use of a designated pistol, shotgun and/or rifle range which has been inspected and approved for safety of design and operation by the chief of police and a bona fide member of the National Rifle Association of America. RULE 15. Any gun, rifle or pistol, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile by the action of compressed air or gas, or by the action of a spring or elastic, but does not mean a firearm.Chapter 14 PARKS AND RECREATION The Colony, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. 20-3. Air gunsDischarge prohibited. Hunt, trap, or pursue wild life at any time. (c) This section shall not be construed to prohibit any officer of the law from discharging a firearm in the performance of his duty, nor to prohibit any citizen from discharging a firearm when lawfully defending person or property.ARTICLE I. 480. 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. (e)Discharging and shooting generally. 74-1. (c)It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm within the extraterritorial jurisdiction or in an area annexed after September 1, 1981 unless:(1)The firearm is a shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow; anda.Discharged on a tract of land of ten acres or more;b.Discharged more than 150 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; andc.In a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or. No. 74; vehicles for hire, ch. ARTICLE I. PARK RULES Denton, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. This is a major step forward in the evolution of air gun hunting. Therefore, felons are only prohibited from owning a firearm and not an air rifle. 84-5, 2, 4-2-84)State law reference Discharging firearm, V.T.C.A. (Code 1987, 13-34)Sec. 14-4. 1388-1-96, 1, 1-4-1996; Ord. Therefore, a hunters understanding of the limitations of air guns and arrow guns is critical to minimize or avoid wounding loss when hunting and taking game. However, you must be at least 18 or even 21 years old to legally buy a pellet gun. Air gun, paint ball gun or spring gun; furnishing to minor. IN GENERAL Princeton, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. 79-512, 3, 1-23-79), Sec. 15-10. Conduct of persons within park.The purpose of this article is to preserve the environmental features of the city, allow more efficient park refuse collection, more effective and unhampered custodial care of the premises, and protect the health and welfare of the citizens of the city. Local Govt Code 215.001. CONCEALED HANDGUNS Montgomery, Texas Code of OrdinancesSec. 2000-09, 4-25-2000). ARTICLE I. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) Commission has announced that effective Sep. 1, 2018 airguns will be allowed for the legal and ethical harvest of various game animals. 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