Mississippi Airgun Laws and Hunting Regulations

Brief Overview Of Mississippi State Laws Concerning Air Guns

Mississippi state law prohibits anyone from taking an air gun onto educational property.

Mississippi State Laws Concerning Air Guns

1.Miss. Code Ann. §97-37-17(4). “Educational property” is defined is defined under Miss. Code Ann. § 97-37-17(1)(a) as any public or private school building or bus, public or private school campus, grounds, recreational area, athletic field, or other property owned, used or operated by any local school board, school, college or university board of trustees, or directors for the administration of any public or private educational institution or during a school-related activity, and shall include the facility and property of the Oakley Youth Development Center, operated by the Department of Human Services; provided, however, that the term “educational property” shall not include any sixteenth section school land or lieu land on which is not located a school building, school campus, recreational area or athletic field.
2.Miss. Code Ann. §97-37-17(5).

No one shall and is hereby prohibited to, carry weapons, firearms or air-guns on school property under State law as prescribed in Miss. Code Ann. §97-37-17(5).

How old do you need to be to purchase a BB gun, airgun, air rifle or pellet gun in Mississippi?

In Mississippi you must be 18 Years Old to purchase a BB gun, airgun, air rifle or pellet gun.

Mississippi Air Gun Hunting Regulations

Mississippi allows air gun hunting for certain species. These species include:
• Bobcat
• Coyote
• Furbearers
• Small Game

Air Gun Laws In Local Jurisdictions

Below are the laws and ordinances for local jurisdictions in the state of Mississippi pertaining to airguns, BB guns, pellet guns and airsoft guns:

BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

State law reference— Sale of toy pistols or ammunition therefor prohibited, Miss. Code 1972, § 97-37-33; shooting air guns at another prohibited, § 97-3-7.

BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Brandon, Mississippi Code of Ordinances

Sec. 50-1. State misdemeanors adopted as criminal offenses against city; penalties.
All offenses under the penal laws of this state which are misdemeanors are hereby made, without further action of the mayor and board of aldermen, criminal offenses against the city, when committed within the corporate limits of the city, to the same effect as though such offenses were made offenses against the city by separate ordinance in each case. The penalties which are imposed by state law for such violations are hereby adopted as the penalties for such violations within the city; provided, however, that no such penalty shall exceed the amount set forth in section 1-12.
(Code 1982, § 9-70)

State law reference— State misdemeanors shall be offenses against municipalities without further action by the municipality, MCA 1972, § 21-13-19; enacting police regulations, MCA 1972, § 21-19-15.

Sec. 50-2. Discharge of firearms, target guns, BB guns, slingshots prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any target gun, BB gun, slingshot or any kind of firearm in the city except in the following circumstances:

(1) By any law enforcement official in the discharge of his official duties.
(2) By any person when necessary for the protection or defense of life or property.
(3) By any person who has received a permit from the chief of police for a specific legitimate purpose.
(Code 1982, § 9-20)

CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL – Clarksdale, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances

Sec. 14-3. – Air rifles, firing or permitting firing prohibited.
(a) Firing prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge within the city any air rifle, BB gun, or any like or similar contrivance which propels or discharges by means of compressed air any pellet, dart, bullet or similar object.
(b) Unlawful to permit firing by minor. It shall be unlawful for any parent of a minor, or any other person standing in loco parentis to any minor, knowingly to permit such minor to discharge or fire within the city any air rifle, BB gun, or any like or similar contrivance which propels or discharges by means of compressed air any pellet, dart, bullet or similar object.
(c) Penalty for violation. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) and costs.
(Ord. No. 458, §§ 1—3, 3-23-1954)

COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

State law reference— Sale of toy pistols or ammunition therefor prohibited, Miss. Code 1972, § 97-37-33; shooting air guns at another prohibited, § 97-3-7.

CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

Chapter 21 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Corinth, Mississippi Code of Ordinances
Sec. 21-21. Discharge of firearms.
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot any target gun, air gun, slingshot or discharge any kind of firearms in the corporate limits of the city.
(Code 1966, § 19-40)

Sec. 21-22. Weapons control.
(a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended:
Firearm. “Firearm” means any device, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas, or escape of gas; including, but not limited to, a handgun, pistol, air-gun, revolver, rifle, or shotgun.

DIBERVILLE, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE II. FIREARMS AND OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPONS – D’Iberville, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 19-51. – Use of firearms prohibited.
(a) Discharge prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm in the City of D’Iberville.
(b) Definitions. As used in this article the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended:
City means the City of D’Iberville.

Firearms means any weapon, whether loaded or unloaded, which will expel a projectile by the action of an explosive and includes any such weapon commonly referred to as a pistol, revolver, rifle, gun, shotgun, machine gun, target gun, air gun, pellet gun, BB gun, or sling shot. Any weapon which can be readily made into a firearm by the insertion of a firing pin, or other similar thing in the actual possession of the actor is a firearm.

Special event means a pre-arranged and scheduled event sponsored by a local civic organization or a charitable, not-for-profit association to which its members and members of the public are invited to attend and/or participate.

GAUTIER, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE II. WEAPONS – Gautier, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 15-21. – Use of firearms.
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any target gun, air gun, pellet gun, BB gun, sling shot, or any kind of firearms in the city other than in the defense of his home, person or property, or in the aid of the civil power when lawfully summoned thereto.
(Ord. No. 12, 3-4-87)

GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL – Greenville, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 8-2.5. – Weapons control
Firearm means any device, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas, or escape of gas, including, but not limited to, a handgun, pistol, air gun, revolver, rifle or shotgun.

GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL – Greenwood, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 13-29. – Slingshots, air guns.

Any person using anywhere on the public streets or within any public place in the city an implement commonly called a slingshot, or any air gun or any other weapons or implement whereby shot, pebbles or other missiles may be hurled or projected with power and force sufficient to break street lamps, window glass or in any way endanger the person or property of any citizen shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 1-4.
(Ord. of 5-25-05; Ord. of 4-15-86, § 1)

GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE IV. WEAPONS Grenada, Mississippi Code of Ordinances
Sec. 21-47. Discharge prohibited.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any target gun, BB gun, slingshot, bow and arrow or any kind of firearm in the city; except:

(1) In the defense of his home, person or property;
(2) In the aid of the civil power when legally summoned thereto;
(3) In the military instructional programs in the school system, when properly supervised by the instructor on school property;
(4) When engaging in lawful hunting as provided for hereinafter.

GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL – Gulfport, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 7-16. – Weapons—Discharging air rifles, BB guns, slingshots, etc.
Any person who shall be guilty of discharging or shooting within the city any instrument commonly called a slingshot or bean shooter or who shall be guilty of firing or discharging any air gun, air rifle or BB gun, operated either by spring action or by compressed air, shall be adjusted guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Code 1963, § 17-22)

Sec. 7-17. – Same—Discharging firearms, exceptions.
(a) Discharge of firearms prohibited. Except where permitted according to subsection (b) or (c) of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rifle, or other firearm within the City of Gulfport.
(b) Self-defense. It shall not be a violation of this section for any person to discharge a firearm in necessary self-defense of his or her person or property.

(4)Permit/Applications.

a. Permit applications shall be filed with the Gulfport Police Department.
b. Permit applications shall be accompanied by evidence of ownership of the property, identification of the property location and a sketch of size and configuration of the property, and the names and addresses of all adjoining property owners. Application shall be signed by the owner. If the property is leased, the owner and the lessee shall make joint permit application. The applicant shall be a resident of Harrison County having attained the age of twenty-one (21) years.
c. Permits, if granted, shall be granted to the applicant of applicants.
d. An application fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid to process the application.
e. The chief of police shall review the application and shall grant or refuse to grant the permit to the applicant within ten (10) days after a complete application is filed.
f. The chief of police may refuse to grant a permit for any location in which the chief determines that the public safety or the safe and peaceful use of adjoining private properties may be threatened thereby.
g. It shall be unlawful for a convicted felon to apply for a permit under this subsection (c), or to discharge a shotgun or to possess an individual permit under this section.
h. All permits granted under this subsection (c) shall expire one (1) year after the date of the permit, and renewal may be effected only by filing a new application and review according to this section.
i. Up to eight (8) individual permits shall be granted to the applicant for use by individual permittees. Applicant shall be responsible for granting individual permits to the users thereof.

Permit violations.
Violation of any provision of this subsection (c) shall be reason for immediate termination of any permit issued hereunder and shall be presumed to be a violation by the applicant or applicants and the person violating subsection (c)(5)a. of this section.
(Code 1963, § 17-23); Ord. No. 2022, § 1, 6-20-95)

ARTICLE II. SAND BEACHES – Gulfport, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 2-51. – Items prohibited on beach
Airguns are prohibited on the sand beach, and the seawall and seawall easement which is contiguous thereto and such items shall not be carried or placed upon the beach, seawall, or seawall easement:

INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE III. WEAPONS – Indianola, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 36-58. – Discharge prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any target gun, BB gun, slingshot or any kind of firearm in the city other than in the defense of his home, person or property or in the aid of the civil power when legally summoned thereto.
(Code 1973, § 21-63; Ord. of 3-14-1918, § 1)

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Jackson, Mississippi Code of Ordinances
Sec. 86-10. Possession of and shooting air-guns, BB guns and other toy gun, pistol, rifle or other toy firearms prohibited.

(a) Purpose. The city council of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, is enacting this section to assist in the prevention and the spread of violence among the youth of the city. The council is authorized to enact this section pursuant to MCA 1972, § 21-17-5, as amended. The council finds that the proliferation of air guns, BB guns and other toy guns, pistols, rifles or other toy firearms from which a projectile is propelled by compressed air either by internal spring mechanism or external gas cartridge serves to compound the problem of youth violence, and by passage of this section, declares its purpose to be to combat such youth violence.
(b) Possession of and carrying in public places.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 18 years to possess and carry about his person, concealed or otherwise, along or within any of the public streets, public parks or other public places within the city, any air gun, BB gun or other toy gun, pistol, rifle or other toy firearm from which a projectile is propelled by compressed air, either by internal spring mechanism or external gas cartridge, unless said minor has the permission of a parent or guardian to do so, and is constantly accompanied by a parent, guardian or adult official of an organized youth club or organization. This shall not be construed to prevent the possession of such implements at a firing range or other licensed facility established for the purpose of training or practice in the use of firearms, provided that there is continuous adult supervision at that facility.
(2) No parent or any other person having legal control or custody of any child under the age of 18 years shall permit such child to possess or carry on their person along or within any of the public streets, public parks or other public places within the city any kind of air-gun, BB gun or other toy gun, pistol, rifle or other toy firearm as described in subsection (a)(1) above within the city, outside the supervision of a parent, guardian or adult official of an organized youth club or organization.
(c) Shooting of within the city limits.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to fire an air-gun, BB gun or other toy gun, pistol, rifle or other toy firearm from which a projectile is propelled by compressed air, either by internal spring mechanism or external gas cartridge, anywhere within the city.
(2) No parent or any other person having legal control or custody of any child under the age of 18 years shall permit such child to discharge any kind of air-gun, BB gun or other toy gun, pistol, rifle or other toy firearm as described in subsection (b)(1) above within the city, unless on the grounds of a firing range or other licensed facility established for the purpose of training or practice in the use of firearms, and under the supervision of a parent, guardian or adult instructor or official employed by that facility.
(d) Penalties. A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 or by imprisonment up to but not exceeding the maximum time provided by state law, or both such fine and imprisonment.
(e) Severability. If any part of this section is deemed unlawful or unconstitutional by the courts, such decision will not affect the validity of this section as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be unlawful or unconstitutional.
(f) Interpretation. This section is intended to be read and enforced in conjunction with applicable state law and all other ordinances of the city, and should not be interpreted as superseding or repealing any other such ordinance previously or subsequently enacted by the governing body.
(Code 1971, § 18-18; Ord. No. 1998-35(3), 5-5-98)

MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Meridian, Mississippi Code of Ordinances
Sec. 16-39. Toy weapons, air guns; discharging.
It shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the city to use, shoot or discharge any toy pistol, air gun, parlor rifle or similar weapon. It is expressly provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the discharging of any toy cap pistols, or other devices, in which paper caps manufactured in accordance with United States Interstate Commerce Commission regulations for packing or shipping of toy paper caps are used or exploded, and the discharge of such toy cap pistols is hereby declared to be permissible.
(Code 1962, § 17-50)

NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL – Newton, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 46-3. – Discharge of weapons.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge within the city any description of firearms, pellet guns or guns operated by compressed air or gas, except when absolutely required in the performance of military duty or in actual self-defense or enforcement of the law.
(b) If any person, having or carrying any dirk, dirk-knife, sword, sword-cane, or any deadly weapon, or other weapon, the carrying of which is concealed, is prohibited, shall, in the presence of three or more persons, exhibit such weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense, or shall in any manner unlawfully use such weapon in any fight or quarrel, the person so offending, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 1-12. In prosecutions under this section, it shall not be necessary for the affidavit or indictment to aver, nor for the city to prove on the trial, that any gun, pistol or other firearm was charged, loaded or in a condition to be discharged.
(c) Every merchant, dealer or pawnbroker that sells pistols or other handguns, shall keep a record of all such weapons which are sold, showing the description of the weapons so sold, the name of the purchaser and the date of sale. The merchant, dealer or pawnbroker shall furnish a copy of such record to the chief of police, on the first and 15th day of each month. The dealer who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) Any person who carries, concealed in whole or in part, any bowie knife, dirk knife, butcher knife, switchblade knife, metallic knuckles, blackjack, slingshot, pistol, revolver or any rifle with a barrel of less than 16 inches in length, or any shotgun with a barrel of less than 18 inches in length, machine gun or any fully automatic firearm or deadly weapon, or any muffler or silencer, or any firearm, whether or not it is accomplished by a firearm, or uses or attempts to use against another person any imitation firearm, shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in section 1-12
(Code 1977, § 15-3)

OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

State Law reference— Municipal authority to prohibit discharge of firearms, MCA 1972, § 45-9-53(1)(b); localities generally preempted from adopting ordinances concerning possession, transportation, sale, transfer or ownership of firearms and ammunition, MCA 1972, § 45-9-51(Code 1962, § 17-50)
State law reference— Sale of toy pistols or ammunition therefor prohibited, Miss. Code 1972, § 97-37-33; shooting air guns at another prohibited, § 97-3-7.

OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL – Olive Branch, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 34-1. – Firearm regulations.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm in the city projecting lead or any other projectile, except as permitted herein.
(d) BB guns and air guns. The discharging of BB guns and air guns is not prohibited

OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Oxford, Mississippi Code of Ordinances
Sec. 74-6. Weapons—Discharge prohibited.

(a) It shall be unlawful to discharge any firearm or air gun, BB gun, slingshot, bow and arrow, or any other air, gas, or spring operated gun, weapon, apparatus or instrument for the purpose of throwing or projecting lead or any missiles within the city limits other than in the defense of his home, person or in the aid of the civil power when legally summoned thereto, except in a regularly established shooting gallery; provided, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit any officer of the law from discharging a firearm in the performance of his duty, nor to prohibit the operation of any range supervised and maintained by the state or any political subdivision thereof, when it is connected with an educational or training program and upon property owned or leased by the state or a subdivision or agency thereof.
(b) Target shooting of bows and arrows may be permitted at approved ranges. Archery practice shooting on private property may be permitted if the following requirements are complied with:
(1) Archers under the age of 18 years old must be certified by a Hunter’s Safety Course or other recognized safety-training program to qualify for a permit and supervised by an adult permit holder when shooting.
(2) All shooting will be directed towards an approved backstop structure on the permit holder’s property.
(3) Contiguous property dwellers will be contacted and advised of the applicant’s intention to obtain a permit for archery practice on their property.
(Code 1968, § 19-31; Ord. No. 2003-20, 11-4-2003)
State law reference— Authority to prohibit discharge of firearms, MCA 1972, § 45-9-53(1)(b).

Sec. 74-7.Same—Carrying concealed prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry concealed in whole or in part any bowie knife, dirk knife, butcher knife, brass or metallic knuckles, slingshot, sword or sword cane, or other deadly weapon within the city.
(Code 1968, § 19-32)

Sec. 74-8. Same—Exhibition, use.
It shall be unlawful for any person having or carrying any deadly weapon, in the presence of three or more persons, to exhibit the same in a threatening manner, not in self-defense, or to unlawfully use the same in any fight, quarrel or disturbance within the city.
(Code 1968, § 19-33)

PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE III. OFFENSES INVOLVING PUBLIC SAFETY – Pascagoula, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 54-61. – Weapons; discharge prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any target gun, air-gun, pellet gun, BB gun, slingshot or firearm in the city other than in the defense of his home, person or property or in the aid of the civil power when legally summoned thereto.
(Code 1967, § 20-33)
State law reference— Weapons generally, MCA 1972, § 97-37-1 et seq.

PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL – Picayune, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 58-7. – Discharge of firearms within corporate limits.
It shall be unlawful for any person, unless specifically authorized, to discharge within the corporate limits of the city any pistol, rifle, shotgun or any firearms of any caliber, size or description, or any air gun or what is generally called a BB rifle, or any other gun of any character or description which projects BB shot; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to deny to any person the right to use firearms in the protection of his person or property from any unlawful attack.
(Code 1979, § 18-176)

RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE III. WEAPONS – Ridgeland, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 66-86. – Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Firearm means and includes a pistol, revolver, machine gun, submachine gun, shotgun, pellet gun, pellet rifle or any other high powered rifle with a velocity of more than 2,000 feet per second at the muzzle.
(Ord. No. 860014, 11-18-1986)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.

Sec. 66-87. – Discharge of firearm.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm within the limits of the city.
(Ord. No. 860014, 11-18-1986)

Sec. 66-88. – Carrying weapon on commercial premises; violation; penalty.
No person, except duly authorized federal, state, county or city law enforcement officers, or security officers whose presence is authorized by the property owner, shall be permitted to carry upon his person, or in any other manner, or have in his possession in any way, a pistol, revolver, rifle or firearm, in any form, while on any commercial premises, where the property owner has posted signs prohibiting the possession of firearms in prominent locations on the property, regardless of whether any such person possesses a valid permit to carry such weapon. The violation of this section is punishable as provided in section 1-13.
(Ord. No. 900014, 11-6-1990)
State law reference— Certain persons carrying weapons, MCA 1972, § 97-37-7.

Sec. 66-89. – Air guns.
It shall be unlawful for any person, regardless of age, to fire or discharge, or cause to be fired or discharged, an air weapon, commonly known as a BB gun, or other type of pellet gun or pistol, when such gun is fired or discharged in the corporate limits of the city and not on property owned or occupied by such person or such person’s immediate relative, and when the object propelled by the use of the air gun is likely to find its mark or hit onto some other property.
(Code 1977, § 12-10)

SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Starkville, Mississippi Code of Ordinances
Sec. 82-6. Discharge of firearms, target guns, BB guns, slingshots prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge any target gun, BB gun, slingshot or any kind of firearm in the city other than in the defense of his home, person or property or in aid of the civil power when legally summoned to do so.
(Code 1977, § 18-44)

State law reference— Homicide during sudden combat excusable, MCA 1972, § 97-3-17(c); deadly weapons generally, MCA 1972, § 97-37-1 et seq.; deadly weapon exhibited unlawfully, MCA 1972, § 97-37-19; dueling, MCA 1972, § 97-39-1 et seq.; fighting with deadly weapon in public place, MCA 1972, § 97-39-11.

TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL – Tupelo, Mississippi – Code of Ordinances
Sec. 19-3. – Discharge of firearms and similar weapons.
The firing, shooting or discharge of any firearm as defined in section 19-4(a)(1) of the Code of Ordinances or of any pellet gun or BB gun is prohibited within the city limits; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any law enforcement officer in the lawful exercise duty within the course and scope of employment nor shall it apply to government owned and operated firing ranges. The prohibitions contained in this section shall apply to the shooting or discharge of paint-ball guns, except where the projectile is fired and strikes on private property by permission of the landowner for sports-related activities where participants are wearing protective face masks. The use of starter’s pistols for bona fide sporting events, which do not emit projectiles, are not prohibited.
(Ord. of 11-7-00, § 2)

Sec. 19-4. – Possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in designated places and at events.
(a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended:
(1) Firearm: “Firearm” means any device, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile by the action of an explosion, rapid expansion of gas, or escape of gas with sufficient velocity to cause bodily harm, including, but not limited to, a handgun, pistol, air-gun, revolver, rifle, or shotgun.

VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI – Airgun Laws and Ordinances

State law reference— Sale of toy pistols or ammunition therefor prohibited, Miss. Code 1972, § 97-37-33; shooting air guns at another prohibited, § 97-3-7.

Disclaimer

These rules and regulations were compiled to the best of my ability. The information on this article should not constitute as legal advice. Always check with your local jurisdiction for the final ruling.