[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Brigantine 10-17-2007 by Ord. No. 22-2007. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any handgun, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, automatic or semiautomatic
rifle, or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon
from which may be fired or ejected any solid projectible ball, slug,
pellet, missile or bullet or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing
by means of a cartridge or shell or the igniting of flammable or explosive
substances. It shall also include, without limitation, any firearm
which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other
weapon of a similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring,
elastic band, carbon dioxide, compression or other gas or vapor, air
or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a
bullet, missile or other projectile smaller then 3/8 of an inch in
diameter, with sufficient force to injure a person.
No person shall discharge any firearm within
the City of Brigantine except by permission of the Chief of Police
for ceremonial firing of salutes.
This chapter shall not apply to any of the following
individuals if a firearm is discharged in the performance of their
official duties:
A.
Members of the Armed Forces of the United States of
America or of the National Guard.
B.
Federal law enforcement officers.
C.
Members of the State Police and members of the Marine
Law Enforcement Bureau of the Division of State Police.
D.
Any employee of a sheriff's department of the State
of New Jersey.
E.
Any employee of a county prosecutor's office.
F.
Any employee of the Attorney General's office or the
Division of Criminal Justice of the Department of Law and Public Safety,
or the State Commission of Investigation or an inspector of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Enforcement Bureau of the Division of State Police.
G.
Any state park or state conservation officer.
H.
Any employee of a prison or jail or Department of
Corrections.
I.
Any member of the Brigantine Police Department.
J.
Any juvenile corrections officer employed by the Juvenile
Justice Commission.
K.
A designated employee or agent for a nuclear power
plant under the license of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
L.
Any person using legally authorized force for the
protection of persons or property as set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:3-1
et seq.
Any person violating the provisions of this
chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,500, imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not to exceed 90 days and community
service for a period not to exceed 90 days, or any combination thereof
in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.
