No person shall discharge any gun, pistol or other firearm in any of the streets, ways, squares, commons or public parks in the City; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to the use of such weapons in the lawful defense of the person, family or property of any person or their use in the performance of any duty required by law.
[Adopted as Sec. 23-11 of the 1963 City Code (Ch. 145, Art. IV, of the 1980 Code); amended in its entirety 4-15-2025 by Doc. 52[1]]
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Editor's Note: Prior amendments also include: 11-20-1984 by Doc. 174; 1-16-1990 by Doc. 7; 8-12-1997 by Doc. 129; 8-11-1998 by Doc. 117; 1-25-2000 by Doc. 17; 1-3-2006 by Doc. 160; 7-10-2007 by Doc. 76.
No person shall engage in target shooting or target practice, nor shall any person discharge or possess a loaded firearm of any kind or a bow and arrow or slingshot or similar weapon on any land owned by the City of Haverhill except for properly licensed individuals in the act of legal hunting during specified hunting seasons.
A.
No person shall fire or discharge within 500 feet of any dwelling or building any air rifle, BB gun or pellet gun whose power or means of propulsion is by compression of air or by springs and compression of air in combination. No parent or legal guardian of a minor child shall knowingly permit such minor child to fire or discharge within 500 feet of any dwelling or building any such compression rifle or gun as described above.
B.
Any person who violates Subsection A above shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each such offense, and the air rifle, BB gun or pellet gun shall be confiscated. Upon a finding of violation of this section the air rifle, BB gun or pellet gun shall, by written authority of the court, be forwarded to and may be disposed by the appropriate authorities as prescribed by MGL c. 269, § 10.