Town of Mount Airy, MD
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2023-11-06
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 58 Firearms and Similar Devices
- Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Affirmative Action
- Ch 4 Beautification Commission
- Ch 5 Cable Television Commission
- Ch 8 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 10 Elections
- Ch 13 Ethics
- Ch 19 Infractions, Municipal
- Ch 25 Planning Commission
- Ch 26 Purchasing
- Ch 31 Recreation and Park Board
- Ch 32 Recycling and Sanitation Commission
- Ch 34 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 36 Streets and Roads Commission
- Ch 36A Sustainable Mount Airy Commission
- Ch 37 Town Police
- Ch 38 Water and Sewer Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 41 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 42 Amusement and Video Games
- Ch 43 Animals
- Ch 44 Annexations
- Ch 47 Building Construction
- Ch 49 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 51 Curfew
- Ch 53 Debt Policy
- Ch 54 (Reserved)
- Ch 58 Firearms and Similar Devices
- § 58-1 Definitions.
- § 58-2 Discharge unlawful.
- § 58-3 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 60 Fire Prevention
- Ch 61 Floodplain Management
- Ch 62 Forest Conservation
- Ch 64 Garbage, Trash and Litter
- Ch 70 Licenses
- Ch 74 Motorcycles, Snowmobiles and Similar Vehicles
- Ch 76 Nuisances
- Ch 79 Open Burning
- Ch 80 Parks
- Ch 82 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 83 Plumbing
- Ch 85 Property Maintenance
- Ch 91 Sewers
- Ch 92 Signs
- Ch 94 Stormwater Management
- Ch 94A Storm Sewer Systems
- Ch 96 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 98 Subdivision of Land and Site Plan Review
- Ch 101 Taxation
- Ch 103 Taxicabs
- Ch 105 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 107 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 109 Water
- Ch 110 Water Resource Management
- Ch 112 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A115 Fines and Penalties
- Ch A116 Gas Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Town of Mount Airy 2-7-1983
by Ord. No. 129. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes any pistol, revolver, handgun, rifle, shotgun, air pistol,
air rifle and any weapon capable of firing or discharging a bullet, shot,
pellet or projectile, except an air rifle firing lead pellets known as "BB's."
It shall be unlawful to discharge any firearm or compound bow within
the limits of the Town of Mount Airy; provided that this chapter shall not
be construed to prohibit any law enforcement officer from discharging a firearm
in the performance of his duties nor to prohibit any citizen from discharging
a firearm when lawfully defending person or property.
[Amended 12-2-1985 by Ord.
No. 144]
Any violation of this chapter is hereby declared to be municipal infraction.
