Unlawful discharge of firearm

Unlawful discharge of firearm. (a) Except as otherwise permitted by law, including legitimate self-defense, no firearm shall be discharged or set off in the Commonwealth without a special written permit from the Department of Public Safety issued pursuant to Department regulations. (b) No person shall discharge a firearm as an act of celebration. (c) The discharge of a firearm by a property owner on his or her private property for the sole purpose of slaughtering livestock shall be considered lawful, provided that the firearm is discharged on a farm outside of villages and/or areas zoned as residential. (d) Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 a term of imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. Source: PL 19-42 § 7 (Apr. 11, 2016), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission numbered this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a).