[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Oneida 12-21-1982
as Secs. 4-17-1 and 4-17-2 of the 1982 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any person who, otherwise than in self-defense or in the discharge of
official duty, willfully discharges any species of firearms in the inside
tax district of the City of Oneida, Madison County, New York, or within the
following described area in the outside tax district of the City of Oneida,
Madison County, New York, being the area bounded as follows: "Commencing at
the intersection of Route 5 and Glenwood Avenue; thence southerly along Glenwood
Avenue to Fairview Avenue; thence westerly along Fairview Avenue to a point
being an extension of the westerly line of the Baker Reservoir premises; thence
northerly along said extension to Route 5; thence westerly along Route 5 to
the westerly city line; thence northerly along said westerly city line to
West Elm Street; thence easterly along West Elm Street to the inside tax district
line; thence northerly along the inside tax district line extending to the
New York State Thruway; thence easterly along the thruway and the inside tax
district lien to Oneida Creek," other than under supervised instruction by
properly authorized instructors at an established rifle range or target range
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a gun
on any premises within the city except with the express permission of the
owner of such premises. No owner of premises shall permit a gun to be fired
or discharged on his premises without first ascertaining that the person or
persons to whom such permission is granted is of sufficient age, judgment
and understanding to fire or discharge the same so as not to injure the person
or property of another. No person shall fire or discharge a gun in a public
place or place frequented by the public, nor shall any person carry such gun
in any public place or place frequented by the public except while en route
to or from such person's place of residence.
B.
The term "gun" as used herein shall include BB guns,
air rifles, air pistols, pellet guns and any gun, whether of the rifle or
pistol type, by means of which a pellet or bullet is propelled therefrom by
compressed air or springs.
