As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
FIREARM
Includes any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, automatic
and semiautomatic rifle or other firearm as the term is commonly used, or
any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which may be
fired or ejected any solid projectile, ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet,
or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing, by means of a cartridge or shell
or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive
substances. "Firearm" shall also include, without limitation, any firearm
which is in the nature of any air gun, spring gun or pistol, carbon dioxide
or compressed air gun or pistol or other weapon of a similar nature in which
the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed
or other gas, or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed
air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than 3/8 of an inch in diameter,
with sufficient force to injure the person.
No person shall discharge any firearm within the Borough, except as
otherwise provided in this chapter.
The provisions of section §
142-2 of this chapter shall not apply to any person:
A. Who is within the limits of a Borough target range duly
approved by the Borough Council.
B. Who is authorized to discharge firearms in accordance
with and in the time and manner provided by law.
C. Who is actually engaged in the defense of life, person
or property.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the provisions of Chapter
226, Penalties.