[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Port Jefferson 4-15-1971 as Ch. 39A of the 1970
Code; amended in its entirety 12-21-2015 by L.L. No. 6-2015. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any pistol or revolver;
A shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in
length;
A rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length;
Any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle whether by alteration,
modification, or otherwise if such weapon as altered, modified, or
otherwise has an overall length of less than 26 inches; or
An assault weapon.
Any type of firearm, bow and arrow or mechanically propelled
single or multiple pronged arrow, pike, blade, or harpoon.
No person shall discharge any hunting instrument, firearm, gun
or air rifle or any gun so constructed as to discharge pellets, darts
or BBs by spring, compressed air or compressed gas within the limits
of the Village. This chapter shall not apply to police officers in
the discharge of their duties or to any firing squad at a military
funeral or to any properly constructed range approved by the Commissioner
of Public Safety of the Village.
No firearm or gun covered by this chapter shall be carried in
or through the Village unless they are completely contained within
a case or other covering completely encompassing the firearm or gun.
Any person who violates this chapter or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in § 1-2 of the Code of the Village of Port Jefferson.
