[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Wethersfield as Secs. 2-5-20 through 2-5-28 of the Code
of 1972. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be subject to the applicable
provisions of the General Statutes.
The discharge of any firearm within 500 feet
of any building in the Town is prohibited.
The discharge of any firearm in the Town by
a minor, except under the direct supervision of his parent or legal
guardian, is prohibited.
The provisions of this chapter relating to firearms
shall not apply to any person discharging any firearm on an established
target practice range of an organized rifle or gun club or on any
indoor range, nor shall they apply to any landowner using firearms
when in the act of protecting his property from destructive animals.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell
or offer or expose for sale or to discharge in the Town any air gun,
air rifle or similar device in which the expulsive or impelling force
is compressed or condensed air or gas. Nothing in this section is
to be construed to limit, except as already limited by ordinance or
statute, the sale or use of a firearm.
It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot
arrows from a bow or by any other means on, into or across public
property, any street or way dedicated to public use or accepted as
a public highway or any private property except with the permission
of the owner.
It shall be unlawful to hunt with bow and arrows
except in those areas where hunting is permitted by ordinance.
