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City of Norwalk, CT
Fairfield County
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No person shall hereafter keep, sell or expose for sale torpedoes, gunpowder or other explosives without first obtaining a license from the City Clerk, which license shall be good for one year and for which a fee of $5 shall be paid.
No air rifles, air pistols, cannons, guns, pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns or other firearms shall be discharged within the limits of the city, except as follows:
A. 
This section shall not apply to the discharge of air rifles, air pistols, pistols, revolvers, rifles or shotguns when discharged on a range licensed under this Article or operated by the Police Department of the City of Norwalk or by or under the authority of any state or federal agency.
[Amended 6-10-1980]
B. 
This section shall not apply to the discharge of shotguns when discharged by a duly licensed hunter of the state using a load not heavier than No. 4 shot when discharged in the Norwalk Harbor or on land along the shore of Norwalk Harbor or on land along the shore of Norwalk Harbor or Long Island Sound when permission has been obtained from the owner of such land.
C. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, pertaining to land north of the Post Road, was repealed 6-9-1998.
D. 
This section shall not apply to the discharge of firearms to protect life or property.
E. 
This section shall not apply to the discharge of firearms by property owners, their employees or agents to kill vermin or wild animals which are destroying property.
F. 
The discharge of shotguns as provided in § 38-2B and 2C shall not be within 100 feet of a public or private highway or within 500 feet of a dwelling.
[Amended 6-10-1980]
The Mayor, subject to the approval of the Common Council, shall appoint a Commission to license rifle, pistol and skeet and trap shooting ranges consisting of three members, one to hold office until the second Tuesday in November 1948, one to hold office until the second Tuesday in November 1949 and one to hold office until the second Tuesday in November 1950. The terms of such Commissioners shall begin on the day of their appointments. Annually thereafter, the Mayor shall appoint, in the manner hereinbefore provided, one Commissioner of such Commission to serve for a term of three years. Any vacancy which may occur in the membership of such Commission shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner hereinbefore provided. The members of such Commission shall serve without compensation. The members of such Commission shall make rules and regulations for the licensing of rifle, pistol and skeet and trap shooting ranges, including fees, and such rules and regulations shall have the same force and effect as though incorporated in this Article when such rules and regulations have been approved by the Mayor and Common Council.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 38-4, Enforcement, was repealed 6-10-1980.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 38-5, Carrying firearms, was repealed 6-10-1980.
Copies of this Article shall be furnished to the office of the Town Clerk of the city, and he shall give a copy to each person to whom he issues a hunting license.