The following local ordinances apply in Manassas City:
- Sec. 78-181. - Discharge of firearms and other weapons generally. (reference)
(a) If any person willfully discharges or causes to be discharged any firearm in any street in the city, or in any place of public business or place of public gathering, and such conduct does not result in bodily injury to another person, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(b) If any person discharges a firearm, crossbow or bow and arrow in or across any road, or within the right-of-way thereof, or in a street of the city, he shall, for each offense, be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to firing ranges or shooting matches maintained, and supervised or approved, by law enforcement officers and military personnel in performance of their lawful duties.
(c) If any person discharges any firearm in any manner, or under any circumstances, not referred to in this section, that is not a felony offense under the law of the Commonwealth, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude the city from electing to prosecute under any other applicable provision of law or ordinance instead of this section.
(e) This section shall not apply to any law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties or to any other person whose willful act is otherwise justifiable or excusable at law in the protection of his life or property, or is otherwise specifically authorized by law.
(f) This section shall not apply to the killing of deer pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 29.1-529. Such exemption shall apply on land of at least five acres that is zoned for agricultural use.
(Code 1978, § 33-3)
Charter reference— Authority of council to prohibit discharge of firearms, § 18(L).
State Law reference— Similar provisions and authority of city to regulate or prohibit discharge of firearms, Code of Virginia, §§ 15.2-1113, 18.2-280, 18.2-286.
- Sec. 78-182. - Discharging slingshot or airgun. (reference)
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or use any slingshot, sling, gravel shooter, airgun or similar implement within the city.
(Code 1978, § 33-4)
- Sec. 78-183. - Shooting arrow onto property of another. (reference)
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot an arrow from a bow in a manner that can be reasonably expected to result in the impact of the arrow upon the property of another, without permission from the owner or tenant of such property. For the purposes of this section, the term "bow" includes all compound bows, crossbows, longbows and recurve bows having a peak draw weight of ten pounds or more. The term "bow" does not include bows which have a peak draw of less than ten pounds or which are designed or intended to be used principally as toys. The term "arrow" means a shaft-like projectile intended to be shot from a bow.
(Code 1978, § 33-4)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-916.