§ 15-5. Firearms and weapons regulated generally.
(a)
Firearm defined. For the purpose of this section, the term firearm shall mean and include any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or any other weapon or device from which a shot is discharged by an explosive, compressed air or any bow and arrow.
(b)
Marked land defined. For the purposes of this section marked land shall be considered land which has a white painted band not less than four (4) inches in width around trees, said bands to be located on trees not more than one hundred (100) feet apart, and between four (4) and six (6) feet from the ground level.
(c)
Acts prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry, conceal, transfer or discharge or fire any firearm, as herein defined, in, on or about any property, lands or within three hundred (300) yards of a dwelling house of another, where said land is enclosed or marked unless said land is otherwise included herein.
(d)
Exceptions. This section shall not apply to the following persons or things:
(1)
Sheriffs or their deputies, regularly employed municipal police officers, agents of the Department of Wild Life and Fisheries of the State of Louisiana, and police employees of the Department of Public Safety, State of Louisiana; while in the discharge of their official duties.
(2)
Any firearm which is unserviceable and which is possessed, carried, transported, etc., as a curiosity or ornament;
(3)
The arms, accoutrements and equipment of the military and naval forces of the United States, any officers of the United States authorized by law to possess or carry firearms of any kind and the arms, accoutrements and equipment of the state militia;
(4)
Any person who shall have first received and obtained from the owner, lessee, overseer of any property or lands, authority, whether verbal or written to go thereon while carrying, concealing, transporting or firing or discharging firearms.
(5)
Lessees, tenants, or overseers of property or lands who may go upon the lands which they occupy.
(6)
Any public lands, whether same are owned by the state, parish or federal government.
(7)
Any unfenced or unmarked land unless it is clearly evident that said lands have been cultivated within the past year, in which event it will be necessary to obtain the owner's permission.
(e)
Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
(Ord. No. 7064, §§ 1—5, 10-8-58)