马丁斯维尔市适用以下地方法令:
- 秒。 24 - 2 。- 发射枪支——一般而言。(参考)
(a) 任何人不得在城市内的任何地方发射或发射任何枪支、大炮、手枪或其他火器。违反本节规定将构成1级轻罪。
(b) 本节不适用于:
( 1 ) 任何执法人员在履行公务时,包括猎杀郊狼或弗吉尼亚州野生动物和内陆渔业部定义的任何其他恶性或有害动物;上述发射应按照警察局长制定的政策和程序进行;
( 2 ) 任何其他人在保护其生命或财产时,其故意行为在法律上是正当的或可原谅的,或者经第24 - 3节或州法律特别授权的;
( 3 ) 退伍军人组织、历史遗产组织、仪仗队和旗队在葬礼、埋葬、游行或其他纪念、庆祝或教育活动中,或在这些活动前的练习中发射空包弹。(c) 根据《弗吉尼亚州法典》第15 . 2 - 1113条,本节不适用于任何根据《弗吉尼亚州法典》第29 . 1 - 529条在至少五 ( 5 ) 英亩的农业用地上开枪杀鹿的人。
(Code 1971, § 11-42; Ord. No. 2016-1, 8-9-2016; Ord. No. 2020-5, 11-10-2020)
宪章参考——城市禁止使用枪支的权力,Ch. 1 ,§ 2 ( 22 )。
交叉引用——第1级轻罪的处罚,§ 1 - 11 。
州法律参考——城市管制或禁止使用枪支的权力,《弗吉尼亚州法典》第15 . 1 - 865 ;在街道或其他公共场所使用枪支,第18 . 2 - 280 , 18 . 2 - 286 。
- 秒。 24 - 5 。- 气枪、碎石枪等的发射(参考)
任何人不得在城市范围内的任何地方发射任何气枪、碎石枪、弹弓或任何其他类型的投掷装置,这些装置不得对人身或财产造成伤害。违反本节规定将构成1级轻罪。本节不适用于以下情况:
( 1 )任何需要使用气枪或弹丸枪进行射击作为其训练一部分的 ROTC 学生;前提是射击必须在 ROTC 教官和/或其助手在场并监督下进行,地点由该教官指定并经警察局长批准。
( 2 )任何人在专为此类用途设计并经警察局长批准的设施的操作者、所有者或指定人员在场并监督下,射击任何投掷装置,例如气枪、弹丸枪或射箭设备。(Code 1971, § 11-3; Ord. No. 86-7, 9-25-86; Ord. No. 90-11, 7-24-90)
交叉引用——第1级轻罪的处罚,§ 1 - 11 。
- 秒。 24 - 6 。- 杀死鹿。(参考)
(a) 无论城市法典中的其他任何法令有何规定,个人在城市内使用复合弓、反曲弓或弩射箭捕鹿均属合法行为。
(b) 城市中的任何土地所有者或其指定代理人可以随时使用复合弓、反曲弓或十字弓射箭捕鹿,但必须向市警察局提交一份声明,说明鹿对其财产造成了损害,并且警察局必须调查并确定此类损害确实发生,并颁发正式的捕杀许可证。
(c) Any such discharge shall be subject to the regulations established by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and subject also to the following:
(1) The police department is empowered to adopt such regulations additional to this section as it deems necessary for the administration of this section and granting of the permits.
(2) All applicants for such hunting permits shall have held a valid Virginia hunting license and big game license. All applicants shall obtain written permission, evidenced by a form approved by the police department, from the owner of property on which he or she wishes to hunt. All permits and any such permission obtained from a landowner shall include a clause wherein both hunter and landowner agree to indemnify the city from all claims or other litigation arising from hunting pursuant to this section.
(3) At all times while hunting pursuing to this section, hunters shall have on their person, the applicable Virginia licenses and the written permission of the landowner. No firearms other than a bow and arrow may be in the hunter's possession.
(4) No discharge of an arrow shall be made toward any person, any animal other than a deer, any structure or any vehicle in such a manner as the arrow may strike such person, animal, structure or vehicle, nor shall a discharge be made in such a manner that the arrow may strike in any roadway. An arrow striking any of the foregoing shall create a rebuttable presumption that it was discharged in violation of this section. Discharge of an arrow is permitted only in order to take a deer pursuant to this section.
(5) All hunting shall be conducted from platforms elevated at least seven (7) feet above the ground; such platform may include hunting stands, porches and decks. Any hunting stands employed to hunt deer shall be temporary or ladder stands; permanent stands may not be installed. Any disabled hunter unable to hunt from such a platform must comply with all regulations established by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for the discharge of crossbows.
(6) No pursuit of an injured or wounded deer shall be permitted upon the land of neighboring landowners unless the hunter has first obtained permission from that landowner. No field dressing of deer shall be permitted without the permission of the landowner. Any person hunting pursuant to this section must make a good faith effort to locate any such landowner and to obtain the required permission. In the event the landowner cannot be located and a deer carcass is left upon such property, a written note must be left by the hunter on any residence or, lacking a residence, upon the largest structure upon the property stating that a deer carcass has been left on the property. A hunter with permission to hunt or to enter property must remove all deer harvested from the property.
(7) Violation of this section shall be punished as a Class 1 misdemeanor.(Ord. No. 2003-10, 7-8-2003; Ord. No. 2004-7, 3-23-2004; Ord. No. 2004-18, 10-26-2004; Ord. No. 2006-2, 4-25-2006)
