POSSESSION AND USE OF FIREARMS ORDINANCE

§ 406-2. Firearms and other dangerous weapons.
A. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
FIREARM - Any weapon from which a shot may be fired by the force of an explosive or propellant, including but not limited to rifles, pistols, shotguns, air guns and BB guns.
OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPON - Includes a bow and arrow, crossbow, slingshot, blow gun and other similar weapons.
1. Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
2. Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
3. Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
4. Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
5. Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
6. Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
7. Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
8. Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
9. Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
PUBLIC BUILDING - Any building, including the grounds thereof, owned by the state or any political subdivision of the state, such as the Village, Portage County, or the Stevens Point School District.2
PUBLIC LAND - Any land owned by the state or federal governments, the Village, Portage County, or the Stevens Point School District.
PUBLIC PLACE - Any privately owned building which is open to the public.
B. Possession of firearms prohibited. In addition to the provisions of Subsection C of this section, no person, except peace officers or armed forces or military personnel who go armed in the line of duty or any person duly authorized by the chief of police of any city, village or town, the chief of the capitol police or the sheriff of any county, shall possess a firearm while in any public building.3
C. Use of firearms. [Amended by Ord. No. 16-01]
(1) Regulated. No person except an authorized police officer, a deer hunter under contract with the Village of Plover for the purpose of culling deer, or any citizen lawfully defending life or property shall discharge any firearm within the Village, except as provided in Subsection C(2) below.4
(2) Exceptions:
(a) Police firing range.
(b) Uses granted under a conditional use permit pursuant to Chapter 550, Zoning, of this Code.
(c) A contracted deer hunter retained for purposes of culling deer while engaged in the work of stalking or hunting deer pursuant to said contract.
D. Use of other dangerous weapons.
(1) Regulated. No person shall shoot or discharge any other dangerous weapon anywhere in the Village except as provided in Subsection D(2) below.
(2) Exceptions:
(a) Supervised areas designated as shooting ranges by the Village Board or the Stevens Point School Board.
(b) Uses granted under a conditional use permit pursuant to Chapter 550, Zoning, of this Code.
§ 406-3. Throwing or shooting of arrows, stones and other missiles. [Amended by Ord. No. 15-99; 11-20-2003; Ord. No. 7-06]
Except as set forth in § 406-4, no person shall throw or shoot any object, arrow, stone, snowball or other missile or projectile, by hand or by other means, at any person or at, in or into any building, street, sidewalk, alley, highway, park, playground or other public place within the Village.