Borough of Collingdale, PA Chapter 233 Firearms and Weapons

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Collingdale as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Disorderly property — See Ch. 191.

Article I Air Guns and Other Weapons

[Adopted 5-1-1951 by Ord. No. 279 (Ch. 6, Part 6, of the 1987 Code of Ordinances)]

§ 233-1 Use and sale of air guns and other weapons not firearms.

A. Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any persons, firms or corporations to either use, store, sell, offer or expose for sale at retail or have in their possession with intent to sell at retail or with intent to use within the Borough of Collingdale any air gun, air pistol, air rifle, spring gun or pistols, or any implement not a firearm which impels with force a projectile of any kind.

B. "At retail" shall mean any sale of less than one dozen such articles or any sale to anyone not a bona fide dealer therein.

§ 233-2 Authorization to seize and destroy guns.

The Chief of Police or any police officer of the Borough of Collingdale is hereby authorized and directed to seize, remove and destroy any air gun, air rifle, air pistol, spring gun or any implement not a firearm which impels with force a projectile of any kind which shall be used or discharged within the Borough of Collingdale or which shall be held and possessed in violation of this article.

§ 233-3 Violations and penalties.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days.