[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Chatham 3-24-2003
by Ord. No. 03-07. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The Borough of Chatham in the County of Morris.
Any gun, shotgun, rifle, pistol, revolver, or other device from which
a bullet, shot, ball, slug, pellet, solid projectile or other missile is propelled
by means of a cartridge or shell or by the action, explosion or ignition of
flammable or explosive substances.
An individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association of persons.
Any firearm, air rifle, bow, sling shot, spring gun or similar device
or instrument in the nature of a weapon in which the propelling force is a
spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas, vapor or compressed
air, or which is discharged by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile
with sufficient force to injure a person.
No person shall enter or go upon any private property within the Borough
carrying any firearm or weapon, and no person shall use or discharge any firearm
or weapon upon or into any private property in the Borough, unless such person:
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No person shall discharge any firearm or weapon or cast
an arrow upon or across any state, county, or Borough road or highway, park,
playground, school property or other public property within the Borough unless
such person is a law enforcement officer identified in N.J.S.A.
2C:39-6 in the performance of his or her duties.
No provision of this chapter shall be interpreted as relieving any person
from full compliance with all state laws, rules and regulations relating to
firearms, weapons, and hunting.
