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CURRENT ORDINANCE <br /> <br /> Sec. 46.2. Use of firea~,~s. <br /> <br /> (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use <br /> and discharge any f, rearm, BB gun, or air com- <br /> pression gun of any kind, nature, make, or de- <br /> scription within a distance of 500 yards of any <br /> business or residential dis,'-rict in +.he county sit. <br /> uated outside the corporate limits of any and all <br /> municipalities in the <br /> <br /> ~) A business or residential distric: w/thin she <br /> meaning of this section shall be Chat territory con- <br /> tinuous to a street or highway where 75 percent <br /> or more of the frontage thereon for a disumce of <br /> 300 feet or more is mainly occupied by dwellings <br /> or by dwellings and buildings in use for business <br /> purposes. <br /> <br /> (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed so <br />as to prohibit any person from discharg/ng any <br />firear~u in protection of his person, family, guests, <br />or proper~y. <br /> <br /> (d) Any person violating the provisions of chis <br />section shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun- <br />ished in accordance with section. 1.7. <br />(Ord. of 7.3-67, §§ 1-4} <br /> Cross references-Yo.~e~ion, transportation and transfer <br />of da~gerou~ weapons during m~ate of emergency., § 22-58; fire- <br />arms in perks prohibit---cl, § 50-6. <br />Sl~¢ial ao~s reference-Centerfiro rifles, pt. l, art. V~I. <br />Stat~ law refe.,'~nces-Authority to rogula~e, re~trict or <br />prohibit tho dizcharg~ o£ firearm% <br />regulate the uss o£pellet guns, G.S. 153A-130. <br /> <br /> <br />