[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of DeWitt: Art. I,
as Ch. 17, Art. I, of the 1969 Code; Art. II, 5-13-1991
as L.L. No. 2-1991. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ch. 17, Art. I, of the 1969 Code]
A.
No person shall discharge any gun, pistol, revolver or
other firearm upon any premises owned or used for any public purpose by the
Town of DeWitt, except with the permission of the Town Board of the Town of
DeWitt.
B.
No person shall discharge any gun, pistol, revolver or
other firearm upon any premises owned or used by any water district located
within the Town of DeWitt, except with the permission of the Town Board of
the Town of DeWitt.
[Amended 3-28-1988]
Any person violating the provisions of this Article shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine
of not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.) or imprisonment for not exceeding
ten (10) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
[Adopted 5-15-1991 as L.L. No. 2-1991]
The Town Board of the Town of DeWitt, in order to assure the proper
protection, health, safety and welfare of persons lawfully in the public buildings
of the Town of DeWitt, and in order to ensure the performance of essential
governmental functions by town employees without threat or intimidation to
such employees or others, finds it to be in the public interest to prohibit
the open display or transport of any weapon in certain public buildings of
the Town of DeWitt.
When used in this Article, the following words and phrases shall have
the meanings herein ascribed to them:
- OPENLY CARRY OR DISPLAY
- The possession or transport by any person of a weapon as hereinafter defined, in such a manner that such weapon is visible to persons in the immediate vicinity except where such possession or transportation is consistent with an authorized activity or function at the specific town building where such possession occurs.
- PERSON
- Any person except a police officer, sheriff or deputy sheriff, New York State police officer or peace officer.
- PUBLIC BUILDING
- The following buildings or property owned, occupied or operated by the Town of DeWitt:
- WEAPON
- Any firearm, electronic dart gun, gravity knife, switchblade knife, cane sword, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, metal knuckles, chuka stick, sandbag, shirken, sandclub, slungshot, dagger, dangerous knife, dirk, razor stiletto, imitation pistol or any other dangerous or deadly instrument or weapon.
No person shall openly carry or display any weapon in any public building
owned, occupied or operated by the Town of DeWitt.
A.
No person who openly carries or displays a weapon in
any public building shall refuse to surrender such weapon at the request of
any police officer, sheriff or deputy sheriff, or peace officer.
B.
Any legal weapon so surrendered shall be returned to
such person upon his or her departure from the public building.
A.
Nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to
authorize the possession of any weapon, the possession of which is made unlawful
by any other law, statute, ordinance or resolution.
B.
Nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to
prohibit the possession of any weapon, otherwise lawful, except under the
circumstances herein specified.
