[Adopted 4-12-2005 ATM by Art. 23; amended in its entirety 12-21-2017]
Pursuant to an affirmative vote of Article 23 of the 2005 Annual
Town Meeting, the Town has prohibited target shooting with firearms
at the Horse Hill Nature Preserve.
No person shall target shoot with a firearm on the Horse Hill
Nature Preserve property.
As used in this article, the following term(s) shall have the
meanings indicated:
FIREARM
A small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile
is fired by gunpowder.
HORSE HILL NATURE PRESERVE
That area of land off of Naticook Road and Amherst Road in
Merrimack described in a deed from Nas Tam Associates, f/k/a TNK Associates,
to the Town of Merrimack dated July 19, 2002, and recorded in the
Hillsborough County Registry of Deeds at Book 6670, Page 2730, and
known as the "Horse Hill Nature Preserve."
TARGET SHOOTING
The firing of rifles, pistols, and shotguns for sport, and
when used in conjunction with specific targets typically used to develop
accuracy.