No person shall have in his or her possession, or use, or explode
any combustible or explosive composition or substance or any other
article that was prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or
audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation.
This prohibition is intended to include every item or device within
the scope of the prohibition contained in MGL c. 148, § 39.
The penalty for violation of this section shall be $100.
No person, except a police officer in the performance of his
or her duties, shall discharge any gun, firearm or cannon in any street
or way or any other place in the Town of Weymouth except in defense
of life or property. The Town Council, with the consent of the Mayor,
may provide for exceptions to this restriction for the purpose of
celebrating a patriotic or historical occasion. The penalty for violation
of this section shall be $100.
Hunting, use of bow and arrow, employment of steel leg-hold
traps and discharging of firearms, except by law enforcement officers
in the performance of their duties, shall be prohibited on that portion
of Town-owned property consisting of approximately 237 acres, commonly
known as "Back River and Great Esker Park," as described by a deed
between the United States of America and the Town of Weymouth, dated
October 24, 1966, and recorded at the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds
in Book 4390, Page 670. Any person violating the provisions of this
section shall be punished by a fine of $100 for each violation.
