[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Maywood 11-21-72.[1] Section 320-4 added at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Peace and good order — See Ch. 237.
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Editor's Note: The provisions of this chapter are derived from Ch. 16, Art. 3, of the former Revised Ordinances, adopted 11-21-72 as Ord. No. 659.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
FIREARM
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. It 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 a person.
No person shall discharge any firearm, hunting arrow or dart within the borough unless such person is actually engaged in the defense of life, person or property.
This chapter shall not apply to police officers or others authorized by law to carry and discharge firearms in the performance of their duties.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.