(A) The proclamation pursuant to this chapter may prohibit the possession, transportation, sale, purchase, storage, and use of gasoline and dangerous weapons and/or substances, except lawfully possessed firearms or ammunition. The Mayor may exempt from some or all of the restrictions classes of people whose possession, transfer, or transportation of certain dangerous weapons or substances is necessary in the preservation of the public health, safety, or welfare. The proclamation shall state the exempted classes and the restrictions from which each is exempted.
(B) (1) For the purposes of this section, the term DANGEROUS WEAPONS AND SUBSTANCES shall have the same meaning as it does under G.S. § 14-288.1(2), which, as of the adoption of this section, is as follows:
“Any deadly weapon, ammunition, explosive, incendiary device, radioactive material or device, as defined in G.S. § 14-288.8(c)(5), or any instrument or substance designed for a use that carries a threat of serious bodily injury or destruction of property; or any instrument or substance that is capable of being used to inflict serious bodily injury, when the circumstances indicate a probability that such instrument or substance will be so used; or any part or ingredient in any instrument or substance included above, when the circumstances indicate a probability that such part or ingredient will be so used.”
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, for purposes of this section, the term DANGEROUS WEAPONS AND SUBSTANCES does not include a firearm, as that term is defined in this section.
(C) For the purposes of this section, the term FIREARM shall have the same meaning as it does under G.S. § 14-409.39(2), which, as of the adoption of this section, is as follows:
“A handgun, shotgun, or rifle which expels a projectile by action of an explosion.”
(D) If imposed, the restrictions of this section shall apply throughout the jurisdiction of the town or such part thereof designated in the proclamation.
(`88 Code, § 5-5) (Ord. 94-04, passed 3-14-94; Am. Ord. 17-10, passed 9-11-19)