The following local ordinances apply in Franklin City:
- ยง 31-4 Discharging firearms. (reference)
(a) No person shall discharge any firearms within the City; provided that this prohibition shall not apply to
(1) a law enforcement officer in the discharge of official duties;
(2) a person whose actions are justifiable or excusable in law in the protection of life or property;
(3) a person discharging a weapon at a licensed shooting range or shooting gallery;
(4) a person firing blanks at a theatrical or sporting event;
(5) (A) person legally hunting in that portion of the City north of Armory Drive and Second Avenue; (B) a person legally hunting deer in that portion of the City south of Armory Drive and Second Avenue on no more of two of three days chosen from the third Tuesday in December and the following Wednesday and Thursday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.; or (C) a person still hunting deer during deer hunting season in that portion of the City south of Armory Drive and Second Avenue with access being limited to private gate-accessed road off South Street or to Amber Street and with the limitation that landowners may grant permits (which must be in writing) to no more than six persons per day to still hunt on their property in that area of the City, any such hunting under (5)(A), (B) or (C) above being with the permission of the land owner using a shotgun, a pistol or a rifle no more than .22 caliber at least a distance of 150 yards from any building or from the property line of a school or park.(b) The City Manager have a notice of the dates for deer hunting under Subsection (a)(5)(B) above published annually in a newspaper having general circulation in the City two times in the week prior to the week in which deer hunting may occur thereunder and shall mail or deliver a copy of such notice to the Chief of Police and the local game warden.
(c) Still hunting as used in this section shall mean hunting without the use of dogs.