[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Minoa
9-3-1985 as Ch. 65, Arts. V and IX, of the 1985 Code; amended in its entirety
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Recreational activities — See Ch. 118.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes a shotgun, air gun, air pistol, spring gun or rifle, rifles
and pistols of any caliber or any implement which impels with force a pellet
or single projectile of any kind (i.e., bow and arrow, slingshot, crossbow,
etc.).
No person shall discharge any firearm or other weapon within the village
except in self defense or in the discharge of official duty or during a memorial
service or veteran's funeral or at an indoor rifle range operated under the
supervision, guidance and instruction of a duly commissioned officer of one
of the Armed Forces, including the National Guard and Reserve forces, or a
duly qualified adult citizen of the United States who has been granted a certificate
as an instructor of small arms practice issued by one of the Armed Forces
of the United States, the Adjutant General of the State or by the National
Rifle Association of America.
No person shall carry any loaded firearm or other weapon upon any public
street or public place as defined by § 240.00 of the Penal Law of
the State of New York in the village, except in the discharge of official
duty. Firearms loaded with blank ammunition for memorial or funeral services
shall not be a violation of this section.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the fines, penalties and other provisions set forth in Chapter 113.
