[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Galena 12-3-1990 by Ord. No. 90-2 (Ch. III, Art. 7, of the 1990 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person within the Town to conceal or carry openly about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon or instrument, including any air gun, air rifle, or any similar mechanism by whatever name known which is designed to expel a projectile, or any blackjack, brass knuckles, razor, knife, or other similar dangerous instrument. This subsection shall not be construed to conflict with state regulation of firearms as set forth in the Criminal Law Article, Title 4, of the Annotated Code of Maryland.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm, rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol, airgun, air rifle, BB gun, pellet gun, or any similar mechanism by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile through a gun barrel by the action of any explosive, gas, compressed air, spring, or elastic within the Town of Galena, whether such mechanisms is loaded with blank or live cartridges or projectiles of any kind. This section shall not apply to the discharge of any such mechanism by a person in the necessary defense of his or her life or property.
C. 
The prohibitions of this section shall not be construed to forbid any duly authorized marshals, sheriffs, constables, and their deputies, and any regular, special, or ex officio police officer, or any other law enforcement officer from carrying or wearing or discharging, while on duty, such weapons as shall be necessary in the proper discharge of duties.[2]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or project any stone, fireworks or missiles with a sling shot or any other instrument in the Town of Galena in any way that is likely to do harm or injury to any person or property or in such manner as to cause reasonable apprehension of such harm or injury.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or any lawful order issued by the police in pursuance thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $100, or may be confined to the County Jail for a period not to exceed 30 days and where the offense is of a continuing nature each day's violation shall be deemed a separate offense.