[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Manchester 11-18-1980 by L.L.
No. 8-1980 (Ch. 35 of the 1980 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Manchester, being fully
cognizant of the fact that because of the limited confines of areas
within the Village of Manchester and the close proximity thereto of
residential and other structures and property inhabited and used by
residents of the Village, and being further aware that the use of
firearms in the Village is a matter affecting the public health, safety
and welfare, which should be subject to control by the Village of
Manchester, intends, by the enactment of this chapter, to regulate
the discharge of firearms within the Village of Manchester.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
No person shall, except in self-defense and when reasonably
necessary for the protection of life, fire or discharge, or cause
to be fired or discharged, any rifle, shotgun or firearm, as defined
in § 265 of the Penal Law, within the boundaries of the
Village of Manchester.
The prohibitions contained in this chapter shall not apply to
any officer of law while engaged in the protection of the safety of
the people of the State of New York, nor shall they apply to a member
or guest of a gun club engaged in any shooting upon such gun club's
premises, which, except for this chapter, is permitted by law.
