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Committee amends and advances consolidated city ordinance on discharging firearms, raises fine language to ‘shall’
Summary
Bill 26‑25 consolidates discharge‑of‑firearm rules into a single ordinance, aligns the local definition of firearm with Indiana law, adds a self‑defense exception and sets a $2,500 ordinance citation; the Health and Public Safety Committee amended language from “may” to “shall” for the fine and forwarded the bill with a favorable recommendation.
City Attorney Jenna Throw presented Bill 26‑25 to the Health and Public Safety Committee on April 28, saying the ordinance consolidates multiple scattered provisions about firearm discharges into one section, adds a self‑defense exception and aligns the city definition of “firearm” with Indiana Code.
“We’re proposing to collect them all within one ordinance so that the entire topic is more clear,” Throw said, describing consolidations, the updated definition drawn from state law and new…
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