§ 14-101. Discharge of firearms, slingshots or air rifles prohibited in the city.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or cause to be discharged any firearm
of any kind or nature or any air rifle or slingshot at any place within the city.
This section does not apply to: law enforcement in training or performance of duty,
the business function of a lawful business properly permitted and zoned such as a
gun club, military commemorations or funerals (with 24 hour prior notification to
the Police Department), shooting range or paintball business, permits under special
events or the fire marshal, sanctioned governmental/school/stadium events conducted
on public property, or in the case of a landowner discharging a firearm on the landowner's
property to protect the landowner's family, employees, the general public, or the
landowner's property from animals that the landowner reasonably believes pose a direct
threat or danger to the landowner's property, people on the landowner's property,
or the general public; for purposes of this item, the landowner's property must be
a parcel of land comprised of at least 25 contiguous acres. (See S.C. Code § 23-31-510.)
