[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Oaklyn 8-13-1974 by Ord. No. 8-74. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
No person within the Borough of Oaklyn shall
fire, discharge, possess, use or carry and no person within the Borough
of Oaklyn shall possess or carry in any automobile, carriage, motorcycle
or other vehicle or conveyance or shall conceal on or about his clothes
or person any rifle, pistol, gun, shotgun or BB gun or other firearm
as defined by N.J.S.A. 2A:151-1[1] as the same may be at any time hereafter amended, provided
that the words "fire" and "discharge" shall not be deemed to include
the firing of blank cartridges.
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 2A:151-1 was repealed
by L.1978, c. 95, effective 9-1-1979.
[Added 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 21-22]
No person shall possess a firearm on any municipally owned or
controlled building, municipally owned or controlled property, or
municipal parks or grounds, with the exception of:
A.
Any law
enforcement officer who is authorized to carry a firearm (on or off
duty); or
B.
Any retired
law enforcement officer who is authorized to carry a firearm under
18 U.S.C. § 926C(c) (Federal Law Enforcement Officer Safety
Act, aka "LEOSA"); or
C.
Any person
who receives permission, in writing, by the Chief of Police of the
Borough of Oaklyn.
The provisions of § 74-1 hereof shall not apply or refer to:
A.
Persons carrying or possessing antique pistols or
revolvers unsuitable for use as firearms and possessed as curiosities
or ornaments.
B.
Any retail dealer possessing, having, selling or dealing
in revolvers or pistols and having a license to sell the same in accordance
with state law.
C.
Any person keeping or carrying about his place of
business, dwelling house, premises or on land possessed by him any
revolver or pistol, or carrying the same from any place of purchase
to his dwelling or place of business or to or from any place where
repairing is done.
D.
Any person discharging any firearm in protection of
himself, members of his family or his guests or in protection of his
property.
F.
Persons having a hunter's license who pass through
the Borough in going to and from places of hunting lying outside the
Borough limits.
G.
Persons who with the permission of the adult occupant
discharge firearms below the ground level in the basement of a single-family
dwelling, provided that the discharge is directed toward the rear
of the building, and further provided that any minor so discharging
shall be supervised by and in the presence of an adult.
H.
Persons firing in or upon a temporary or permanent
firing range in the Borough of Oaklyn for the purpose of competition
or target practice, provided that:
(1)
The use of such firing range shall have been approved
by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Oaklyn by a duly adopted
resolution.
(2)
Such firing range is used only for such specific purposes
and under such conditions and at such times as may be established
from time to time by resolution of the said Mayor and Council.
(3)
The range is under competent supervision at the time
it is being used.
No person within the Borough of Oaklyn shall
hunt for take, kill or pursue any bird, animal or fowl with any rifle,
pistol, gun, shotgun, BB gun or other firearm as defined by N.J.S.A.
2A:151-1,[1] as the same may be at any time hereafter amended, of what-soever
kind, nature or description, or with any bow and arrow, crossbow gun
or similar weapon.
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 2A:151-1 was repealed
by L.1978, c. 95, effective 9-1-1979.
[Amended 12-13-2022 by Ord. No. 21-22]
Any person who violates any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the Borough
of Oaklyn, or such other court having jurisdiction, be liable to a
fine not exceeding $2,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days, or community service for a term not exceeding 90 days, or
all of the above. Each day that a violation occurs shall be deemed
a separate and distinct violation, subject to the penalty provisions
of this chapter.
