AB199

Existing law provides that a person who maliciously, wantonly or negligently discharges or causes to be discharged any pistol, gun or other kind of firearm under certain circumstances is guilty of a misdemeanor. (NRS 202.280) Section 1 of this bill removes the elements of maliciously and wantonly, thereby making the offense apply only to negligently discharging or causing to be discharged any pistol, gun or other kind of firearm under certain circumstances. Existing law further provides that a person who willfully discharges any firearm, air gun or other weapon, or throws any deadly missile in a public place or in any place where any person might be endangered, although an injury does not result, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (NRS 202.290) Section 2 of this bill increases the penalty for willfully discharging a firearm in a public place within a populated area designated as such for the purpose of prohibiting the discharge of weapons or in any place where any person might be endangered, although an injury does not result, making it: (1) a category C felony for a first offense; and (2) a category B felony, punishable by imprisonment for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, for a second or subsequent offense, any offense involving discharging a firearm more than once in a single occurrence or any offense where the person was previously convicted of an offense involving the discharge of a firearm. Existing law prohibits a chil