[Ord. 5-1985, 6/10/1985, § 1]
1. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person,
copartnership, association or corporation to offer for sale or sell
or cause to be sold to any person under 18 years of age any deadly
weapons, prohibited offensive weapon, cartridge, gunpowder, or other
similar dangerous explosives, nunchucks (pieces of wood or other substance
attached to chain, cable or cord,) shirekins (throwing stars) or butterfly
knives.
2. Exception. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit hunting
by minors under 18 years of age permitted under provisions of the
Game Law.
[Ord. 5-1985, 6/10/1985, § 2]
1. It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership, association or
corporation, except as authorized by law, to make, repair, sell or
otherwise deal in, use or possess any offensive weapon as herein defined.
2. Exception. It is a defense under this section for the defendant to
prove by a preponderance of evidence that he possessed or dealt with
the weapon solely as a curio or in a dramatic performance, or that
he possessed it briefly in consequence of having found it or taken
it from an aggressor, or under circumstances similarly negativing
any intent or likelihood that the weapon would be used unlawfully.
[Ord. 5-1985, 6/10/1985, § 3]
1. Deadly Weapons. Means anything readily capable of lethal use and
possessed under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for lawful
use which it may have. The term includes a firearm which is not loaded
or lacks a clip or other component to render it immediately operable,
and components which can readily be assembled into a weapon.
2. Prohibited Offensive Weapon. Means any bomb, grenade, machine gun,
sawed-off shotgun, firearm specially made or specially adapted for
concealment or silent discharge, any blackjack, sandbag, metal knuckles,
dagger, knife, razor or cutting instrument, the blade of which is
exposed in an automatic way by switch, push-button, spring mechanism,
or otherwise, or other implement for the infliction of serious bodily
injury which serves no common lawful purpose.
[Ord. 5-1985, 6/10/1985, § 4]
The use and possession of blackjacks by the following persons
in the course of their duties are exempt from this Part:
A. Police Officers,
as defined by and who meet the requirements of the act of June 18,
1974 (P.L. 359, No. 120), referred to as the Municipal Police Education
and Training Law.
B. Police Officers
of the first class cities who have successfully completed training
which is substantially equivalent to the program under the Municipal
Police Education and Training Law.
C. Pennsylvania
State Police Officers.
D. Sheriffs
and deputy sheriffs of the various counties who have satisfactorily
met the requirements of the Municipal Police Education and Training
Law.
E. Police Officers
employed by the Commonwealth who have satisfactorily met the requirements
of the Municipal Police Education and Training Law.
[Ord. 5-1985, 6/10/1985, § 5]
Any person, copartnership, association or corporation violating
the provisions of this Part shall be guilty of a summary offense,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$100 or in the case of individuals, the members of a partnership and
the responsible officers and agents of an association or corporation,
by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 30 days or by other
such fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. 5, 8/14/1972, § 1; as amended by Ord. No.
2-2014, 10/13/2014]
No person shall, except in necessary defense of person or property
or at an indoor firing range that meets all zoning requirements, fire
or discharge a gun or other firearm within the Borough of Hughesville.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay fine of not more
than $300 and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment thereof,
imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
[Ord. 5-1974, 11/11/1974; as amended by Ord. No. 2-2014,
10/13/2014]
No person shall, except in the necessary defense of persons
and property or at an indoor archery range that meets all zoning requirements,
discharge or propel any arrow from any bow or bow-like device (children's
toys with rubber or plastic tips excepted) within the Borough of Hughesville.