This chapter is adopted in the exercise of the police power of the city for the protection of the welfare, safety, peace and comfort of the residents of the city of Petaluma to reduce harm that may be caused by firearms that are unnecessarily or unsafely discharged in the city, or that are not securely stored or that are lost or stolen and not reported, while preserving the rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (Ord. 2831 NCS §3, 2023; Ord. 756 NCS §1; prior code § 16.26.)