ARTICLE IV. PERSONAL AND
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
DIVISION 1. REGULATIONS OF BEHAVIOR OF
INDIVIDUALS
Sec. 17-56.
Wildlife protected; hunting.
(a) Firearms. No person shall
use, carry or possess firearms of any description, or air rifles, spring guns, bows and
arrows, slings, or any other forms of weapons potentially inimical to wildlife or
dangerous to human safety, or any instrument that can be loaded with and fire blank
cartridges, without a permit from the appropriate governing official. Shooting into public
areas from beyond public area boundaries is also forbidden. Authorized law enforcement
officials, however, may carry and discharge firearms in the performance of their official
duties.
(b) Hunting. The hunting, killing,
wounding, frightening, capturing, trapping, or attempting to kill, wound, frighten or
capture at any time of any wildlife is prohibited, except when it is necessary to prevent
injury to persons, or if deemed necessary by the appropriate governing official for game
management purposes.
Cross reference—Animals
and fowl, Ch. 4. |