Town of Elsmere, DE
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 99 Firearms and Weapons
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Article III Stun Guns and Taser Guns
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Budgetary Evaluation Program
- Ch 9 Cable Television Rates
- Ch 17 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 19 Elections
- Ch 21 Emergency Operations
- Ch 27 Finance Committee
- Ch 29 Finance, Department of
- Ch 31 Incident Management
- Ch 34 Officers and Employees
- Ch 36 Personnel Policies
- Ch 38 Planning Commission
- Ch 45 Police Pension Fund; Retirement Plans
- Ch 48 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 60 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 63 Alarm Systems
- Ch 67 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 71 Animals
- Ch 76 Building Construction
- Ch 79 Burning, Open
- Ch 83 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 87 Curfew
- Ch 93 Excavations and Grading
- Ch 95 Explosives and Fireworks
- Ch 98 Fines, Payment of
- Ch 99 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 99 Art III Stun Guns and Taser Guns
- § 99-4 Manufacture, possession prohibited.
- § 99-5 Definitions.
- § 99-6 Exemptions.
- § 99-7 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 102 Floodplain Management
- Ch 103 Floodplain, Notification of Lessees in
- Ch 107 Garage and Sidewalk Sales
- Ch 110 Graffiti
- Ch 116 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 123 Lawn Care Companies
- Ch 127 Dumping of Yard Waste and Refuse
- Ch 131 Licensed Businesses
- Ch 135 Loitering
- Ch 143 Noise
- Ch 145 Nuisances
- Ch 148 Parades and Special Events
- Ch 152 Parking of Certain Vehicles
- Ch 155 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 159 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 164 Police Service Fees
- Ch 167 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 169 Professional Fees
- Ch 171 Property Maintenance
- Ch 182 Rental Licenses
- Ch 184 Satellite Dish Antennas
- Ch 186 Smoking or Use of Tobacco Products
- Ch 187 Solid Waste
- Ch 189 (Reserved)
- Ch 190 Stormwater Management
- Ch 192 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 196 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 199 Swimming Pools
- Ch 204 Taxation
- Ch 206 Tax-Delinquent Property
- Ch 209 Vacant Property
- Ch 211 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 215 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 219 Vehicles, Off-Highway
- Ch 225 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A230 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 12-11-1986 by Ord. No. 208]
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture,
make, deliver, transport, trade, give, sell, purchase or possess a
stun gun or taser gun.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any battery-powered, pulsed electrical device of high voltage
and low or no amperage which, when pressed against a person, can disrupt
the central nervous system and cause temporary loss of voluntary muscle
control of such person.
Any device contained in a package which permits it to be
hand-held, containing an electrical supply unit, and into which an
expandable plastic cassette may be inserted and which operates by
shooting or projecting a ball, net or dart carrying fine wires from
the package to the target and which, upon hitting a person, can send
out current capable of disrupting the person's nervous system in such
a manner as to render the person incapable of functioning normally.
Exempt from this article shall be any law enforcement
officer while performing his or her lawful duties within the Town
of Elsmere and those selling to any law enforcement officer while
performing his or her lawful duties within the Town of Elsmere.
[Amended 5-30-1996 by Ord. No. 326]
A conviction of violation of this article shall
be punishable by a fine of not less than $500 or imprisonment not
exceeding six months, or both.
