[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.