Borough of Prospect Park, NJ
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2022-03-21
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PART II Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 182 Firearms, Fireworks and Weapons
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 13 Centennial Commission
- Ch 17 Claims Approval
- Ch 20 Contracts
- Ch 23 Court, Municipal
- Ch 29 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 35 Fire Department
- Ch 39 Health, Board of
- Ch 43 Length of Service Awards Programs
- Ch 50 Police Department
- Ch 56 Retirement
- Ch 60 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 78 Air Pollution
- Ch 84 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 90 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 96 Amusement Devices
- Ch 102 Animals
- Ch 110 Bicycles, Roller Skates, Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 116 Blasting Operations
- Ch 120 Brush, Weeds and Noxious Growths
- Ch 125 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 131 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 135 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 140 Charitable Clothing Bins
- Ch 146 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 152 Curfew
- Ch 159 Drug-Free and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones
- Ch 166 Excavations
- Ch 172 Fees
- Ch 177 Fences and Walls
- Ch 180 Filming
- Ch 182 Firearms, Fireworks and Weapons
- Ch 182 Art I Firearms and Fireworks
- § 182-1 Sale of firearms and fireworks prohibited.
- § 182-2 Discharge prohibited; exception.
- § 182-3 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 182 Art II Weapons
- § 182-4 Possession of certain weapons prohibited.
- § 182-5 Carrying of certain weapons prohibited.
- § 182-6 Discharge of firearms.
- § 182-7 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 187 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 194 Fire Prevention
- Ch 206 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 213 Graffiti
- Ch 217 Handbills and Circulars
- Ch 221 Housing Standards
- Ch 226 Illegal Conversions
- Ch 230 Landscapers and Tree Service Providers
- Ch 235 Land Development
- Ch 239 Laundromats
- Ch 245 Littering
- Ch 251 Massage Parlors
- Ch 255 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 258 Mobile Telephones
- Ch 261 Newsracks
- Ch 264 Noise
- Ch 270 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 277 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 285 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 290 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 296 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 299 Poultry
- Ch 302 Quarries
- Ch 308 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 311 Rental Property
- Ch 314 Sales, Special
- Ch 318 School Enrollment
- Ch 322 Sewer Connections
- Ch 328 Sewer Use
- Ch 333 Sex Offender Residency
- Ch 339 Signs
- Ch 344 Smoking
- Ch 350 Solid Waste
- Ch 354 Stormwater Control
- Ch 356 Stormwater Management
- Ch 358 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 364 Sunday Activities
- Ch 370 Swimming Pools
- Ch 371 Tattooing Establishments
- Ch 374 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 377 Tobacco Products
- Ch 383 Towing and Storage
- Ch 385 Trees
- Ch 387 Vacant and Abandoned Properties
- Ch 389 Vehicle and Trailer Sales
- Ch 395 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 409 Vehicles, Repair of
- Ch 416 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Appendix
- Ch A475 Street Acceptances, Vacations and Name Changes
- Ch A476 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Prospect Park as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-19-1923 (Ch. 43, Art. I, of the 1974 Code)]
It shall be unlawful to exhibit for sale or
to sell any pistols, cap pistols, firearms or fireworks of any and
all descriptions within the limits of the Borough of Prospect Park.
It shall be unlawful to fire or discharge any
pistol, cap pistol or firearms or to explode or discharge any fireworks
within the limits of the Borough of Prospect Park, except firearms
when used for hunting in fields or woods.
[Amended 11-13-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-6]
[Adopted 5-2-1935 (Ch. 43, Art. II, of the 1974 Code)]
It shall not be lawful for any person to have
in his possession in the Borough of Prospect Park, either for the
purpose of selling or using, any slingshot, air rifle, air gun, beanshooter
or puttyblower.
It shall not be lawful for any person in the
Borough of Prospect Park to carry any slingshot, air rifle, air gun,
beanshooter or puttyblower.
It shall not be lawful for any person or persons
to fire off or discharge any gun, pistol or other firearms at any
place or from any house or in any of the public streets, alleys, avenues,
highways or public grounds within the Borough of Prospect Park; provided,
however, that nothing in this section contained shall prohibit the
use of firearms for the protection of life, person or property.
