Corte Madera Municipal Code Ch. 9.16 Deadly Weapons

The term "dangerous or deadly weapon" as used in this chapter includes, but is not limited to, any revolver, pistol, shotgun, rifle, or firearm, which may be used for the explosion of cartridges, and any air gun, "B.B." gun, gas-operated gun, spring gun, slingshot, bow and arrow, switchblade knives, and any weapon or device designed to project a missile of any type with such force or velocity as to be unsafe or dangerous to any person or property, in the town, other than:

(1) One carried pursuant to valid permit issued by duly authorized governmental authority; or

(2) Any ordinary rifle or shotgun lawfully owned or possessed in a domicile, or while being conveyed to or from such domicile for the purpose of hunting or other legitimate use outside the town.

(Ord. 283 § 1, 1957)

It is unlawful for any person, except in self-defense, to fire, discharge, or cause to be emitted any projectile or missile from, any dangerous or deadly weapon in the town. This section does not apply to any police officer, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States in the discharge of his duty, or to the discharge of any authorized target rifle in a shooting gallery operated, conducted, and licensed, pursuant to the ordinances of the town, or to any bow or arrow used as a part of any authorized school or recreational program under supervision of duly authorized instructors.

(Ord. 283 § 2, 1957)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1035, § 2, adopted June 4, 2024, repealed § 9.16.030 which pertained to possession by minor and derived from Ord. 283 § 3, adopted in 1957.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1035, § 2, adopted June 4, 2024, repealed § 9.16.040 which pertained to fighting and derived from Ord. 283 § 4, adopted in 1957.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1035, § 2, adopted June 4, 2024, repealed § 9.16.050 which pertained to loitering near places of public resort and derived from Ord. 283 § 5, adopted in 1957.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1035, § 2, adopted June 4, 2024, repealed § 9.16.060 which pertained to nuisance—confiscation and derived from Ord. 283 § 6, adopted in 1957.