Town of Wethersfield, CT
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2022-10-17
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 80 Firearms and Weapons
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Ambulance and Emergency Services
- Ch 9 Central Connecticut Health District
- Ch 10 Committees, Boards, Commissions and Other Agencies
- Ch 11 Emergency Management
- Ch 12 Eminent Domain
- Ch 13 Energy Improvement District
- Ch 14 Funds
- Ch 15 Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Ch 16 Local Housing Partnership
- Ch 20 Officers and Employees
- Ch 24 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 27 Purchasing Procedure
- Ch 31 Seal
- Ch 34 Special Meetings
- Ch 35 Special Police
- Ch 37 Town Property, Sale of
- Ch 40 Voting Districts
- Ch 43 Youth Services, Department of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 46 Adult-Oriented Establishments
- Ch 48 Air Pollution
- Ch 50 Alarms
- Ch 51 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 53 Amusement Devices
- Ch 56 Barbershops and Beauty Salons
- Ch 59 Boating
- Ch 63 Building Construction
- Ch 65 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 70 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 73 Enforcement
- Ch 75 Environmental Code
- Ch 80 Firearms and Weapons
- § 80-1 Provisions subject to statutes.
- § 80-2 Prohibited discharges.
- § 80-3 Discharges by minors.
- § 80-4 Exceptions.
- § 80-5 Air guns.
- § 80-6 Archery in public.
- § 80-7 Bowhunting.
- § 80-8 Archery ranges.
- Ch 83 Fire Prevention
- Ch 87 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 90 Games of Chance
- Ch 93 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 Junk Dealers
- Ch 100 Land Development
- Ch 101 Lighting
- Ch 102 Massage Parlors
- Ch 104 Natural Gas and Oil Exploration
- Ch 105 Noise Control
- Ch 108 Nuisances
- Ch 111 Parkland Dedications
- Ch 112 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 113 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 116 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 119 Pools, Public
- Ch 122 Property Maintenance
- Ch 123 Public Property, Advertising on
- Ch 125 Public Property, Use of
- Ch 127 Radio Coverage, Town-Wide
- Ch 130 Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 134 Snowmobiles
- Ch 136 Solid Waste
- Ch 139 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 141 Stormwater Management
- Ch 143 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 149 Taxation
- Ch 153 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 157 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 160 Vehicles, Inoperable or Abandoned
- Ch 167 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A175 Special Acts
- Ch A180 Town Council Rules of Procedures
- Ch A181 Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations
- Ch A182 Rules and Procedures of Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[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.
