§ 24-21. Regulation of firearms and guns.

(a)

No person, except a sheriff, police officer or their deputies, shall fire or discharge any firearm, rifle, spring or air gun of any description, or tipped arrow, except as provided in 24-22, within the village or have any firearm, compound or strung bow, rifle, spring or air gun in his possession or under his control unless it is unloaded and enclosed or encased within a carrying case or other suitable container.

(b)

No person shall in the territory adjacent to the village discharge any firearm in such manner that the discharge shall enter or fall within the village.

(c)

This section shall not prevent the maintenance and use of duly supervised rifle or pistol ranges or shooting galleries approved by the chief of police and village board where proper safety precautions are taken.

(d)

This section shall be deemed to prohibit hunting within the village subject to the following exception: When acting in a manner consistent with state law and administrative regulations, the village board shall by resolution, declare a hunting season for any wild animal, as that term is defined at Wis. Stats. § 29.001(90). Hunting shall be permitted within village limits but only for the wild animal designated by the village board and for such time period as is prescribed by it. For any and all other discharges of firearms or guns in the village, the chief of police is empowered, in his discretion, to issue written permits if he finds such privileges necessary for the protection of life or property and subject to such safeguards as he may impose for the safety of the lives and property of other persons within the village.

(Code 1984, § 9-2-1; Ord. of 8-15-2007)