Sec. 12-5. Discharge, etc. of firearms, airguns, etc.
(a) It shall be unlawful and prohibited for any person to point, aim, fire, discharge, or to suffer, permit or allow to be pointed, aimed, fired or discharged, any gun, pistol, rifle, revolver, firearm or any other similar weapon or device of any type within the municipal corporate limits of the Town, except as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
(b) The regulations and prohibitions of this section shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their duties.
(c) The violation of any provision of this section, as amended from time to time, in addition to any penalties prescribed under any applicable state law, shall be punishable as follows for each offense, namely:
(1) First offense, a fine of no less than three hundred dollars ($300.00).
(2) Second offense, a fine of no less than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(3) Third offense, a fine of no less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(4) Fourth offense, a fine of no less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00).
Each day of any violation of this section, as amended from time to time, shall constitute a separate offense.