The Town Board of the Town of Mount Pleasant, being fully cognizant
of the fact that considerable damage has been done to the property of residents
of the Town of Mount Pleasant and being also aware that, because of the limited
confines of areas within the Town of Mount Pleasant and the close proximity
thereto of residential and other structures and property inhabited and used
by residents of the town, and being further aware that the use of firearms
in the town is a matter affecting the public health, safety and welfare, which
matter should be subject to control by the Town of Mount Pleasant, intends
by the enactment of this chapter to regulate the discharge of firearms within
the Town of Mount Pleasant.
No person shall, except in self-defense and when reasonably necessary
for the protection of life or property or when hunting upon lands with the
permission of the owner thereof, fire or discharge or cause to be fired or
discharged any rifle, shotgun, air rifle, slingshot or firearms, as defined
in § 265.00 of the Penal Law, within the boundaries of the Town
of Mount Pleasant.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine of no more than $250 or to imprisonment for
a term not to exceed 15 days, or both, for each offense. Each discharge of
a firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute
a separate offense.