This chapter shall be known as the "Firearms and Traps Ordinance of
the Town of Bedford" for the protection of the general health, welfare and
safety of the general public.
This chapter shall not apply to a private property owner acting on his
own property in a fashion which does not permit the prohibited activities
herein to cross onto the lands of another owner, and this chapter shall further
not apply to a person acting with the written permission of the owner of the
land he is upon under the same conditions. One claiming to be acting pursuant
to the permission of the owner of the land he is upon shall have on his person
the permission in writing and shall exhibit same to any law enforcement official
upon request.
Any person who has not been previously convicted under this chapter
during the previous ten (10) years found violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of two hundred fifty dollars
($250.) and/or imprisonment for no more than ten (10) days for the first offense.
Any person found violating any provisions of this chapter who shall have been
previously found guilty of violating this chapter within a period of ten (10)
years after the last prior conviction shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars ($500.) and/or imprisonment for no more than sixty (60) days for such
second offense.