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Exemptions to this subchapter are as follows:
(A) Officers and enlisted personnel of the armed forces of the United States when discharging their official duties as such and acting under orders requiring them to carry arms and weapons;
(B) Civil officers of the United States while in the discharge of their official duties;
(C) Officers and soldiers of the militia and the national guard when called into actual service;
(D) Sworn law enforcement officers;
(E) County Animal Control Officers while in the discharge of their official duties as such and acting under orders requiring them to carry arms and weapons; and
(F) Employees of the town, a utility company, or a contractor to the town may possess tools approved by their employer so long as the tools are not used as a weapon.
FIREARMS
No firearms of any kind shall be discharged or fired at any time, or place, within the corporate limits of the town, except when used in defense of person or property, or pursuant to lawful directions of law enforcement officers.
(Prior Code, § 9-2) (Ord. passed 10-4-1976) Penalty, see § 132.99
(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to display or be in possession of any gun, firearm, knife, dagger, blackjack, club, sling shot, metallic knuckles, razor, bow and arrow or other deadly weapon of any kind on any town property or on the public streets and sidewalks of the town;
(2) Except that law enforcement officers and members of the armed forces of any federal, state or local government may carry and discharge their guns or firearms while lawfully acting within the scope of their official duties.
(3) Except any person carrying a valid concealed handgun.
(B) No person shall fire or discharge any air rifle, spring-type rifle or BB gun or similar device upon any public street or sidewalk or upon any property owned by the town.
(Ord. passed 7-1-2014) Penalty, see §
132.99
(A) It is unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm:
(1) Carelessly or heedlessly in wanton disregard for the safety of others; or
(2) Without due caution or circumspection and in a manner so as to endanger any person or property; or
(3) Resulting in the unlawful property damage or bodily injury of another.
(B) It is unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm on the property of another without his or her permission.
(C) It is unlawful to discharge a firearm in any manner which actually results in the projectile leaving the property on which it was fired.
(D) This section shall not be construed as prohibiting discharge of a firearm when used:
(1) In lawful defense of person or property;
(2) To take birds or animals pursuant to Chapter 113, Subchapter IV of the North Carolina General Statutes (G.S. §§ 113-127 et seq.)
(3) Pursuant to lawful directions of law enforcement officers;
(4) By persons lawfully engaged in pest control or the taking of dangerous animals;
(5) By members of the armed forces acting in the line of duty;
(6) At historical ceremonial or commemoration functions held for such purpose, provided that in no event shall live ammunition be used or discharged; or
(7) Firearms training classes taught and supervised by a certified firearms instructor.
(Ord. passed 7-1-2014) Penalty, see §
132.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to display firearms while upon public property of the town. This section shall not apply to any law officer in the discharge of his or her duty or to any individual to defend that individual’s home or person or to prevent the commission of a felony.
Penalty, see § 132.99
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