Firing guns, including BB guns and pellet guns, not allowed in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Police say a scare for a man and his four year old daughter serves as a reminder about the rules when it comes to firing weapons in the city. It’s not allowed.
Police were called to a home in the 6500 block of Gemfield Drive at 12:23 p.m. on April 23, 2015.
The man who lives in the home said his four year old daughter was playing in the backyard when he saw a neighbor with a small rifle. He said he heard three or four pops.
The man told officers he ordered his daughter to lie down in the backyard and then he called police.
Officers talked to the neighbor, identified as Brennan Lucero, 18. They say Lucero was shooting target practice with a realistic looking rifle pellet gun. Lucero was issued a summons for discharging a weapon inside city limits.
Police say this situation serves as a reminder that that it is illegal to fire weapons, including BB guns and pellet guns, inside city limits per the following city code:
9.7.104: DISCHARGE OF WEAPON:
A. It is unlawful for any person to wrongfully fire or discharge any cannon, gun, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, air gun, BB gun, gas operated gun, spring gun, or firearm within the City. The discharge of firearms using only blank ammunition by the members of any military company when on parade or when engaged in an official ceremony, done in accord with the command of the commanding officers, shall not be deemed a violation, nor shall the discharge of firearms at shooting galleries as a licensed business, or as part of a business licensed or permitted to operate within the City be deemed a violation.
