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A. It is unlawful for any person to point or shoot an air gun, crossbow, or bow and arrow at any person or property of another, or to aim or discharge such weapon in the direction of the person or residence of another, while within such range as to cause or inflict injury to the person or damage the property of another.

B. As used in this section, the words “air gun” mean and include the following: air gun, air pistol, air rifle, BB gun, and toy or other guns of any kind or nature when so designed, contrived, modified and used to propel, by compressed air or spring-loaded plunger, any pellet, dart, hard-tipped arrow, bean, pea, BB, or rock or other hard substance a distance of more than twenty-five feet with sufficient force to break windows or inflict injury upon person or animals.

C. Any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to any other punishment imposed by the court, the court shall direct that the weapon so used in violation of the provisions hereof be confiscated to be disposed of according to the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 748 § 1, 1993).