[Ord. No. 599, 12/19/1983]
Except in necessary defense of person and property and except as provided in §
6-803 of this Part
8, it shall be unlawful for any person to use, fire, or discharge any gun or other firearm within the Borough.
[Ord. No. 599, 12/19/1983]
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any air rifle, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, B-B gun, bow and arrow, or similar device, or any implement that is not a firearm but which impels a pellet of any kind with a force that can reasonably be expected to cause bodily harm, at any place within the Borough, except on a properly constructed target range and except as provided in §
6-803.
[Ord. No. 599, 12/19/1983]
This Part
8 shall not apply to:
1. Persons licensed to hunt in this Commonwealth while actually engaged
in hunting where permitted under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
2. Members of any organization incorporated under laws of this Commonwealth
engaged in target shooting upon the grounds or property belonging
to or under the control of such organization; and
3. Any law enforcement officers when used in the discharge of their
official duties.
[Ord. No. 599, 12/19/1983]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part
8 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 together with costs of prosecution, or, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Every day that a violation of this Part
8 continues shall constitute a separate offense.