Section 166.171 - Authority of county to regulate discharge of firearms(1) A county may adopt ordinances to regulate, restrict or prohibit the discharge of firearms within their boundaries.(2) Ordinances adopted under subsection (1) of this section may not apply to or affect: (a) A person discharging a firearm in the lawful defense of person or property.(b) A person discharging a firearm in the course of lawful hunting.(c) A landowner and guests of the landowner discharging a firearm, when the discharge will not endanger adjacent persons or property.(d) A person discharging a firearm on a public or private shooting range, shooting gallery or other area designed and built for the purpose of target shooting.(e) A person discharging a firearm in the course of target shooting on public land that is not inside an urban growth boundary or the boundary of a city, if the discharge will not endanger persons or property.(f) An employee of the United States Department of Agriculture, acting within the scope of employment, discharging a firearm in the course of the lawful taking of wildlife. 1995 s.s. c.1 §2; 2009 c. 556, § 1