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Consider amending and re-enacting Sections 16-6-36 and 16-6-41 of the Harrisonburg City Code
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Presented By: Chris Brown, City Attorney
Recommendation and Review
Proposed amendments to Sections 16-6-36 (Gravel shooters, air guns, slingshots, etc.) and 16-6-41 (Discharge of firearms within city) to update the City’s ordinances to comply with recent changes to the Code of Virginia.
Current Section 16-6-36 prohibits the shooting of any air gun, gravel shooter, slingshot or any other type of missile-throwing device capable of doing injury to persons or property. Since the time that ordinance was passed, Code of Virginia Section 15.2-915.4 came into effect, limiting the City’s authority to regulating the shooting of “pneumatic guns.” The proposed Section 16-6-36 complies, by adding exceptions for “pneumatic guns” - guns that use air pressure to shoot a BB, pellet, etc.