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17 <br /> gUng <br /> i 4.. UG <br /> t <br /> MECKLENBURG COUNTY FIREARMS ORDINANCE <br /> ir <br /> o <br /> WHEREAS, Chapter 1052 of the 1955 North Carolina Session Laws authorizes the Board of County <br /> Commissioners of Mecklenburg County to adopt ordinances "governing the indiscriminate shooting of firearms <br /> around or about residences, settlements or thickly-populated areas of Mecklenburg County"; and <br /> WHEREAS, G.S. 153A-121 allows a County by ordinance to define, regulate, prohibit, or abate acts, <br /> omissions or conditions detrimental to the safety or welfare of its citizens; and <br /> WHEREAS, the purpose of this Ordinance is to protect the public safety by regulating the indiscriminate <br /> shooting of firearms within the unincorporated areas of Mecklenburg County; now, therefore, <br /> BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Mecklenburg County: <br /> SECTION 1.Each person discharging a firearm is responsible for exhibiting reasonable regard for the safety <br /> and property of other persons and for discharging the firearm in such a manner as to assure that all projectiles <br /> come to rest safely within the boundary or boundaries of the property or properties on which the person is <br /> authorized to be shooting. <br /> SECTION 2. Except as provided in Section 7,it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm <br /> within 900 feet of any of the following: <br /> (a) A dwelling house; <br /> (b) A school; <br /> {c) A church; <br /> (d) Any other type of building, while occupied; <br /> (e) A public or private park or recreation area; <br /> (f) Any other type of public gathering place. <br /> SECTION 3.1t shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm in such a way as will result in the <br /> projectile,therefrom passing across a sidewalk, or across a highway, street, or other public vehicular area. <br /> SECTION 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm within 900 feet of any domestic <br /> livestock not belonging to him unless such person has on his person written permission for such activity from the <br /> owner of the,livestock. <br /> SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, being a parent or guardian of, or standing in loco parentis <br /> to, any child under twelve (12)years of age, to permit such child to have possession or custody of, or use in any <br /> manner whatsoever, any firearm,whether such firearm is loaded or is not loaded without direct, active adult <br /> supervision of the child at all times the child is holding the firearm.It shall be unlawful for any person being a <br /> parent or guardian of,or standing in loco parentis to, any child between twelve (12) years of age and fifteen ( .5) <br /> years of age, to permit such child to discharge a firearm without direct, active adult supervision of the child at all <br /> times the child is firing the firearm unless that child has passed a Hunter Safety Course or similarly recognized <br /> course in firearms safety. <br /> 2 <br />