[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Montgomery 10-1-1962 by Ord. No. 10. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Disturbing the peace — See Ch. 86.
Due to the density of population within the Township, it is the considered opinion of the Supervisors that the use of firearms and bows and arrows within the Township be prohibited and regulated under certain permitted circumstances.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1]
Except as otherwise provided herein, it shall be unlawful to discharge firearms of any kind or description while hunting or at any other time, including but not limited to rifles, pistols, revolvers, shotguns, air rifles, BB guns or spring-power, high-velocity, high-intensity or muzzle-load types of firearms within the limits of the Township. This section shall not apply to the discharge of firearms in self-defense or by police officers in the course of their duties.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 3 of Ord. No. 10, which prohibited the discharge of bows, was deleted 6-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1.
[Amended 11-9-2020 by Ord. No. 20-316]
A. 
Said prohibitions shall not apply to target practice conducted at a commercial site and under the supervision of an adult or a responsible person over 21 years of age, provided that a target is composed of a structure or natural barrier so formed or constructed as to arrest absolutely the flight of the projectile, thereby preventing the same from traveling the ground or space beyond such structure or barrier.
B. 
Said prohibition shall apply to target practice on residential properties within the Township.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1]
Said prohibitions shall not prohibit the use of shotguns or bows and arrows used in the hunting of wild game during season within undeveloped farm areas of the Township where a discharged projectile could not endanger life or property and when used in accordance with the rules, regulations and statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 6 of Ord. No. 10, which prohibited the possession of loaded firearms in public, was superseded by statute and deleted 6-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-1]
Any person found violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution for each violation thereof and be subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 days in default of payment of such fine.