Old Town Firearms Discharge Ordinance -
Sec. 12-32.
Discharging firearms; applicability of section.
(a) No person
shall discharge a firearm or any instrument capable of discharging a pellet by
air propulsion within two hundred (200) feet of any building upon or across any
street, public grounds or municipal dump, upon or across the islands bounded by
the Penobscot and Stillwater Rivers, known as Marsh Island and Treat and
Webster Island, upon or across that part of Old Town known as Stillwater
bounded by the Stillwater River on the east, Pushaw Stream on the north,
Interstate Highway 95 on the west to the southerly boundary of the city on the
south.
(b) Possession
of a firearm in the fields and forests or on the waters or ice in the
aforementioned area of the city without a written permit issued by the chief of
police shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this section unless the
firearm is carried securely wrapped in a complete cover, fastened in a case, or
carried in at least two (2) separate pieces in such a manner that it cannot be
fired unless the separate pieces are joined together again.
(c) It shall be
unlawful for any person to carry or have in his possession upon the streets of
the city or in a public building or property of another a loaded firearm.
(d) The
provisions of this section shall not prohibit the use of firearms at
established shooting ranges, nor shall it apply to any law enforcement officer
in the performance of his legal duty, nor to any person in the lawful defense
of person or property.
(Rev. Ords. 1953, Ch. 21, §§ 101.1, 101.2; Ord. of 8-16-65;
Ord. of 1-2-73; Ord. of 12-13-82; Ord. of 6-20-83)
