The following terms shall have the following
meanings when used in this chapter:
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, firm or association
of any kind or nature whatsoever and any public entity of any kind
or nature and the plural as well as the singular and any gender.
RIFLE
As defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:39-1m.
SHOTGUN
As defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:39-1n.
The following persons shall be exempt from the provisions of §
257-2:
A. Any police officer, game officer, peace officer, sheriff
or undersheriff or any other person who is enumerated in N.J.S.A.
2C:39-6 or who is authorized by law to carry a firearm in connection
with his employment.
B. Any person who complies with the hunting and fishing
licensing regulations as set forth in N.J.S.A. 23:3-1 et seq.
C. Any person engaged in target practice, trap or skeet
shooting and shall have a New Jersey hunting license as required under
N.J.S.A. 23:3-1 or a New Jersey firearms' purchaser identification
card, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:58-3, or a New Jersey hunter education
course certification card, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 23:3-4.2.
D. The exceptions outlined in Subsections
B and
C, above, are not exceptions for any discharge within 500 feet of any occupied building.
Any person who violates any provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or
a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination
thereof