[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Groton 10-21-1957
(Sec. 24 of Ch. II of the 1926 Code of Ordinances). Sections 97-1 and 97-3
added and §§ 97-2 and 97-5 amended at time of adoption of Code;
see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, air gun, BB gun or bow and
arrow which discharges a bullet, cartridge, shell, shot, BB, arrow, bolt or
other missile propelled by the burning or explosion of gunpowder, by high
pressure from pumping or other means, by a spring which is set by a cocking
operation or by the application and release of tension or pressure to a bowstring
attached to such weapon or instrument, or any other "firearm" as defined in
the Penal Law, as revised, of the State of New York.
No person shall, within the limits of the Village of Groton, discharge
or cause to be discharged any firearm of any sort.
A.
Programs conducted by public schools or public agencies
offering instruction and training in the use of firearms or longbows.
B.
The authorized use of a pistol, rifle or target range
regularly operated and maintained by a Police Department or other law enforcement
agency or by any duly organized membership or nonprofit corporation or gun
club or any other sportsman club or such other range as may be authorized
by the Village Board of Trustees.
C.
The discharge of firearms by law enforcement officers
for the performance of their duties.
No person shall, within the limits of the Village of Groton, engage
in hunting animals, fowls or birds.
