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DISPOSE OF To dispose of, give away, give, lease, loan, keep for sale, offer, offer for sale, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of.

DRUG Any substance listed in § 3306 of the Public Health Law of the State of New York.

DWELLING One or more rooms, in a building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons, designed for occupancy by one family for cooking, living and sleeping purposes, as defined in Chapter 511, Zoning, of this Code.

FIREARM Any pistol or revolver, or a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length or any weapon made from a shotgun (whether by alteration, modification or otherwise) if such weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than 26 inches; or a rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length or any weapon made from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification or otherwise) if such weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than 26 inches. For purposes of this definition, the length of a barrel on a shotgun or rifle shall be determined by measuring the distance between the muzzle and the face of the bolt, breech or breechlock when closed and when the shotgun or rifle is cocked; the overall length of a weapon ma...

LOCKING DEVICE A design adaptation or attachable accessory that will prevent the use of the firearm, rifle or shotgun by an unauthorized user, and includes but is not limited to a trigger lock, which prevents the pulling of the trigger without the use of a key, or a combination handle, which prevents the use of the firearm, rifle or shotgun without the alignment of the combination tumblers.

POSSESS Have physical possession or otherwise to exercise dominion or control over. The presence in an automobile of any firearm, rifle or shotgun which is openly visible is presumptive evidence of its possession by all persons occupying such automobile at the time such firearm, rifle or shotgun is found, except if such firearm, rifle or shotgun is found in a vehicle for hire.

PUBLIC PLACE Any street, including the sidewalk portion thereof, park, playground, recreation area, cemetery or lot owned, leased, operated or controlled by or on behalf of any government, municipality or public authority or corporation within the boundaries of the City, which is generally accessible to the public, except grounds used for educational purposes.

PUBLIC FACILITY Any building or facility owned, leased, operated or controlled by or on behalf of any government, municipality or public authority or corporation within the boundaries of the City, except buildings or facilities used for educational purposes.

RIFLE A weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.

SHOTGUN A weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the possession, custody or use of said shotgun or rifle for the lawful purpose of self-defense or the defense of others.

A. No person shall offer, sell, loan, lease or give broadhead arrows or broadhead tips, also known as "hunting arrows or tips," to any child under the age of 16 years. B. The unlawful use of bows and arrows or other archery devices and the unlawful possession by a child under 16 years of age of broadhead arrows or tips is hereby declared a nuisance, and said unlawfully used or possessed archery equipment shall be destroyed as a nuisance in accordance with law.

No person shall throw stones, snowballs, missiles or other objects or shoot with or use a bow and arrow or sling or play at ball in a public place or a private place of assemblage except as to such public or private places designated for such use.

The Common Council, in order to assure the proper protection, health, safety and welfare of persons lawfully in the public buildings of the City of Buffalo and in order to ensure the performance of essential governmental functions by City employees without threat or intimidation to such employees or others, finds it to be in the public interest to prohibit the open display or transport of any weapon in certain public buildings of the City.

When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them:

OPENLY CARRY OR DISPLAY The possession or transport by any person of a weapon, as hereinafter defined, in such a manner that the weapon is visible to persons in the immediate vicinity, except where such possession or transportation is consistent with an authorized activity of function at the specific City building where such possession occurs.

PERSON Any person, except a police officer or a peace officer.

PUBLIC BUILDING The following buildings, structures or property owned, occupied or operated by the City of Buffalo: A. City Hall. B. City Court Building. C. Dunn Tire Park. D. Johnnie B. Wiley Sports Pavilion. E. Kleinhans Music Hall.

WEAPON A firearm, electronic dart gun, gravity knife, switchblade knife, cane sword, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, metal knuckles, chuka stick, sandbag, shuriken, sandclub, slingshot dagger, dangerous knife, dirk, razor, stiletto, imitation pistol or any other dangerous or deadly instrument or weapon.