Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 202.280 (2026)

Discharging firearm in or upon public streets or in places of public resort; throwing deadly missiles; duties of civil, military and peace officers; penalties

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NRS 202.280  Discharging firearm in or upon public streets or in places of public resort; throwing deadly missiles; duties of civil, military and peace officers; penalties.

      1.  Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 202.287, a person, whether under the influence of liquor, a controlled substance or otherwise, who maliciously, wantonly or negligently discharges or causes to be discharged any pistol, gun or any other kind of firearm, in or upon any public street or thoroughfare, or in any theater, hall, store, hotel, saloon or any other place of public resort, or throws any deadly missile in a public place or in any place where any person might be endangered thereby, although no injury results, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

      2.  All civil, military and peace officers shall be vigilant in carrying the provisions of subsection 1 into full force and effect. Any peace officer who neglects his or her duty in the arrest of any such offender is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      [1911 C&P § 304; RL § 6569; NCL § 10252] + [1911 C&P § 305; RL § 6570; NCL § 10253]—(NRS A 1967, 485; 1989, 1240)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2016–2016 · leading case: Cornella (mary Lou) Vs. Churchill Co. (state), 2016 NV 58 (Nev. 2016).
Cornella (mary Lou) Vs. Churchill Co. (state), 2016 NV 58 (Nev. 2016). · cites it 2× “3d 777, 8 We note that Nevada also criminalizes ordinary negligence in other statutes, including NRS 202.280(1) (making it a misdemeanor to "maliciously, wantonly or negligently discharge [ ] .”
Cornella (mary Lou) Vs. Churchill Co. (state), 2016 NV 58 (Nev. 2016). “3d 777 , 8 We note that Nevada also criminalizes ordinary negligence in other statutes, including NRS 202.280(1) (making it a misdemeanor to "maliciously, wantonly or negligently discharge [ ] .”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 202.280(1) — 2 cases
Cornella (mary Lou) Vs. Churchill Co. (state), 2016 NV 58 (Nev. 2016). “3d 777, 8 We note that Nevada also criminalizes ordinary negligence in other statutes, including NRS 202.280(1) (making it a misdemeanor to "maliciously, wantonly or negligently discharge [ ] .”
Cornella (mary Lou) Vs. Churchill Co. (state), 2016 NV 58 (Nev. 2016). “3d 777 , 8 We note that Nevada also criminalizes ordinary negligence in other statutes, including NRS 202.280(1) (making it a misdemeanor to "maliciously, wantonly or negligently discharge [ ] .”
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