Part 6, Use
of Firearms
§601. Discharge of Firearms Prohibited.
Except in necessary defense of person and
property and except as provided in §603 of this Part, it shall be unlawful for
any person to use, fire, or discharge any gun or other firearm within the
§602. Use of Air Rifles, Bow and Arrows,
or Similar Devices Restricted.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
discharge any air rifle, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, B-B gun, bow
and arrow, or similar device, or any implement that is not a firearm but which
impels a pellet of any kind with a force that can reasonably be expected to
cause bodily harm, at any place within the Township of Smith, except as
provided in §603 of this Part, and except on a target range which is properly
constructed to trap or stop the projectile as ascertained by the Chief of
Police. (Ord. 1985-2, 8/12/1985)
§603. Exceptions.
This Part shall not apply to:
1. persons licensed to hunt in this Commonwealth while actually
engaged in hunting where permitted under the laws of the
2. members
of any organization incorporated under laws of this Commonwealth engaged in
target shooting upon the grounds or property belonging to or under the control
of such organization; and
3. any law enforcement officers when used in the discharge of
their official duties.
(Ord. 1985-2,
8/12/1985)
§604. Penalties.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall
violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought
before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to
exceed ninety (90) days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or
each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall
constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 1985-2,
8/12/1985; as amended by Ord. 97-5, 11/19/1997)