[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Adams 4-22-1985 as Article
11. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall discharge any firearms, guns, pistols, revolvers
or air guns within the limits of the Village or have to keep on their
premises more than 25 pounds of gun powder or other explosives at
any one time.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm within
the Village of Adams, except that this prohibition shall not apply
to the following:
A.
Any law
enforcement officer while engaged in the lawful discharge of his duties.
B.
The defense
of one's person or property or the person or property of another,
provided that such discharge of a firearm is permitted as a justified
use of deadly physical force as provided in the Penal Law.
C.
The regulated
use of a range for the discharge of firearms operated and maintained
by an organization duly organized by law for such purposes, which
has been approved by the Village Board.
D.
Programs
conducted by a public school, the Village of Adams Recreation and
Parks Department or persons certified by the National Rifle Association
and approved by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
offering instruction and training in the use of firearms, which has
been approved by the Village Board.
E.
Discharge
of a firearm, provided that such discharge shall not propel any projectile,
as part of a ceremony celebrating a national holiday or other similar
occasion.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be liable to a fine of not more than $250, imprisonment for
not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
