7.6. Weapons Discharge Violation

• A person who fires a firearm without due cause or justifiable motive regardless of registration status or legality.

• A person committing this offense from a vehicle/horse, whether land, sea, or in air, shall instead be charged with (7)08. Ride-By Shooting.

- Penal Code (7)06 is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of 25 months imprisonment and no more than $150 in fines. This falls under Officer Discretion.

NOTES:

This charge can stack with brandishing a firearm, so you can in fact be charged both. A discharge however is different from brandishing, which requires the perpetrator to be using the brandishing as a way to elicit fear or hysteria.