Village of Great Neck Estates, NY
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2023-04-10
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 120 Firearms, Fireworks and Explosives
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Accounting Policy
- Ch 5 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 8 Applications, Prerequisites to
- Ch 12 Architectural Review Board
- Ch 16 Assessors, Board of
- Ch 19 Data Disaster Recovery Policy
- Ch 21 Drug-Free Workplace
- Ch 25 Environmental Commission
- Ch 29 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 33 Executive Sessions
- Ch 34 Family and Medical Leave Policy
- Ch 35 Fund Balance Policy
- Ch 36 Internet Policy
- Ch 38 Investment Policy
- Ch 42 Local Laws, Adoption of
- Ch 44 Mailing List Policy
- Ch 46 Official Newspaper
- Ch 49 Nondiscrimination Policy
- Ch 53 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Procurement Policy
- Ch 62 Records
- Ch 67 Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 71 Videoconferencing of Meetings of Public Bodies
- Ch 72 Voting Requirements for Village Boards
- Ch 75 Work Violence Policy
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 79 Air Pollution
- Ch 82 Alarm Systems
- Ch 86 Animals
- Ch 91 Boats
- Ch 95 Building Construction and Plumbing
- Ch 98 Cannabis
- Ch 102 Electrical Installations
- Ch 105 Emergency Preparedness Practice
- Ch 107 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 109 Fees
- Ch 113 Filled-In Land, Development of
- Ch 116 Filming, Commercial
- Ch 120 Firearms, Fireworks and Explosives
- § 120-1 Definitions.
- § 120-2 Storage and use of firearms and explosives restricted.
- § 120-3 Sale of firearms or explosives prohibited.
- § 120-4 Permit required for storage, possession or use of explosives and blasting caps.
- § 120-5 Permit required for storage of firearms or ammunition.
- § 120-6 Exceptions.
- Ch 123 Fire Lanes
- Ch 126 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 129 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 133 Games of Chance
- Ch 136 Gardeners and Landscapers
- Ch 142 Mechanical Bucking Devices
- Ch 146 Nuisances
- Ch 148 Parades and Gatherings
- Ch 150 Parks and Playgrounds; Pool
- Ch 154 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 157 Peddling, Soliciting and Canvassing
- Ch 160 Permits and Approvals
- Ch 164 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 167 Property Maintenance
- Ch 170 Property, Personal, Sale of
- Ch 174 Restaurants and Eating Places
- Ch 178 Secondhand Articles, Dealers in
- Ch 181 Security Gates
- Ch 184 Sewers
- Ch 187 Social Hosts
- Ch 188 Solid Waste
- Ch 190 Storm Sewers
- Ch 191 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Property
- Ch 194 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 198 Taxation
- Ch 201 Taxicabs
- Ch 204 Telecommunications Licenses and Franchises
- Ch 207 Theaters
- Ch 210 Towing
- Ch 213 Trees
- Ch 217 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 225 Water
- Ch 230 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A235 Rules of Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch A236 Water Authority Franchise
- Ch A237 Annexations
- Ch A238 Use of Village Hall
- Ch A239 Cyber Security Citizens' Notification Policy
- Ch A240 General Subdivision Plat Requirements
- Ch A241 Small Cell Wireless Facility Siting Permits
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Great
Neck Estates 10-2-1979 by L.L. No. 6-1979 (Ch. 64 of the 1981 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes, without limitation, any gun, handgun, pistol, rifle, fowling
piece, shotgun, cannon, blank-cartridge pistol, air gun or spring gun.
Includes, without limitation, firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes or
toy pistols which can be loaded with powder (other than paper caps).
The storage, firing, discharge or use of firearms, ammunition, fireworks
and other explosives and the explosion of gun powder and/or gun cotton in
the Village of Great Neck Estates is hereby prohibited, except where specifically
permitted by this chapter or by state law.
The sale or exposure for sale of firearms, ammunition, fireworks or
other explosives within the Village is hereby prohibited.
The Board of Trustees may grant permission for the storage, possession
or use of high or low explosives or fuse or electrical blasting caps in the
Village, subject to reasonable conditions or restrictions, upon application
in writing, setting forth facts to demonstrate that such storage, possession
or use is in conformity with laws of the State of New York otherwise applicable.
The Board of Trustees may grant permission for the storage of any firearm
or ammunition therefor within the Village, subject to reasonable conditions
or restrictions, upon written application setting forth facts demonstrating
that the said storage is in conformity and in compliance with all other applicable
laws of the State of New York.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to firearms or
ammunition therefor in the possession of members of the military forces of
the United States or the State of New York or law enforcement officers duly
authorized to possess such firearms or ammunition therefor under the laws
of the State of New York or the United States of America.[1]
