Regulation by municipalities permitted
A city or town can make rules about the use of air-powered guns (like BB guns or pellet guns) if the area is crowded enough that shooting them could be dangerous. Kids under 12 must have an adult watching them when using these guns on public property. Kids 12 and older can use them with a parent or guardian's permission in approved places or on private property with the owner's permission. No city rule can ban the use of these guns at approved shooting ranges.
571.155. by municipalities permitted — no prohibition at shooting ranges. — 1. A may regulate, by or , the shooting of s within its boundaries when the municipality is, in the opinion of the , so heavily populated that such conduct is dangerous to the inhabitants thereof. The municipality may require supervision by a parent, , or other adult who is approved by a parent or guardian of any below the age of twelve in all uses of pneumatic guns on public property. The ordinance may specify that minors twelve years of age or older may, with the of a parent or guardian, use a pneumatic gun at any place for such use by the or on private property with the consent of the owner. The ordinance may specify that any minor shall be responsible for obeying all laws, regulations, and governing such use, regardless of whether a parent or guardian has permitted such use.
2. No such ordinance shall prohibit the use pneumatic guns at facilities approved for shooting ranges.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2011 H.B. 294, et al., § 1)
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