20251125 14580400 1.0 TRUE 150000000 5000 ItemDescription From 11/25/2025 § 263-2Firearms and other weapons. A. General prohibitions and exceptions. [Amended 10-3-2013 by Ord. No. 1378] (1) No person except a sheriff, constable, police officer, or their deputies or any citizen lawfully defending life or property shall fire or discharge any firearm (as defined by Wisconsin Statutes) or spring or air gun of any description within the City except as herein provided. This section shall not prevent the maintenance and use of a licensed rifle or pistol range, shooting gallery or trap/skeet range authorized by the Common Council. (2) The firing or discharging of devices which propel a projectile by means of spring, air or gas pressure, including but not limited to BB and pellet guns, and airsoft guns, is permitted only upon private premises by persons who are over 14 years of age or are under direct personal supervision of a parent or guardian. (3) The transporting, firing, or discharging of shotguns is limited to: (a) The hunting seasons and regulations as provided by the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Wisconsin on land that is owned or rented, or with the landowner's or renter's consent, or on lands open to the public for hunting. (b) Open bodies of water, provided that no shot shall be caused to be propelled into an area of habitable buildings or building and provided that no shotgun shall be discharged on the shoreline or within posted areas on Little Muskego Lake. (c) Any person owning or renting land in the City who raises crops from such land and operates the same for farm purposes or any person who is under his direct supervision and control, for the purposes of destroying birds and animals doing damage to his crops or for the control of rodents, but in no case closer than 300 feet to any federal, state or county highway or City street or park, church, municipal or school grounds, or any other private dwellings. (d) Any person may, on his own property or with the consent of an owner thereof, discharge a shotgun provided he is more than 300 feet from any dwelling; federal, state, county, or City highway; or park, church, or municipal or school property. 20251125