LL #02-1976TOWN OF WAPPINGER
DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK
LOCAL LAW NO.2, ' YEAR 1976
A Local Law entitled "Prohibition of discharge of firearms and long bows".
BE IT ENACTED BY The Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County,
New York as follows:
Section I.
No person shall:
A. Discharge a firearm or long bow in such a way as will result in
the shot, slug, load, arrow or other projectile thereof passing over a
public highway or any part thereof.
B. Discharge a firearm or long bow within any public recreational
area within, or at any publicly owned sewer treatment or water distri-
bution structure.
C. The prohibitions contained in clause B above shall not apply to:
1. Programs conducted by public schools or public agencies
offering instruction and training in the use of firearms or long bow:
2. The authorized use of a pistol, rifle or target range regularly
,. operated and maintained by a police department or other law enforcement
agency or by any duly organized membership or non-profit corporation or gun
club or any other sportsman club.
3. The discharge of firearms by law enforcement officers for the
performance of their duties.
Section II.
Any person found guilty of a first offense of this local law shall
be deemed guilty of a violation and shall be fined a sum not exceeding
$250.00 or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding 15 days, or both, and
any person found guilty of a second or subsequent infraction of this local
law shall be guiltyof an unclassified misdemeanor and shall be subject to
imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exneeding $1,000.00, or
both.
Section III
This act shall take effect immediately.