It is the intention of the City of Kingston Common Council to promote
the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City of Kingston by
adopting a local law designed to deter the sale and possession of dangerous
knives, arrows, swords, knives in excess of three inches, and pointed instruments,
involving persons under the age of 18 years, who use such objects as weapons
for unlawful purposes, thereby causing harm to the health, safety and welfare
of the residents of the City of Kingston
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
DANGEROUS KNIFE
A blade or knife exceeding three inches in length, bayonet, stiletto,
dagger, switchblade, gravity knife, pillum ballistic knife, steak or cutting
knife exceeding three inches, sword, or cane sword.
POINTED INSTRUMENT
Metal-tipped arrow, sharp-pointed wooden arrow, or sharp plastic
arrow, or metal instrument so weighted to be thrown or hurled to strike a
person or object with its sharpest point.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than
$500 and/or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of any section
shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but
shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraphs, section
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy and in which such judgment
shall have been rendered.