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ORDINANCE NO. 3849
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AN ORDINANCE DECLARING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON WITHIN
THE CITY TO CARRY ON OR ABOUT HIS PERSON ANY PELLET GUN,~~ AIR
RIFLE OR AIR PISTOL OF ANY DESCRIPTION WHICH IS CAPABLE OF PRO-
PELLING ANY SHOT,~~ PELLET OR ANY SOLID OBJECT A DISTANCE OF 50
FEET OR MORE~ PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS THERETO; PROVIDING A PENALTYg
AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS
ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock~ its citizens and property owners have had
their health and safety placed in jeopardy and their property wantonly destroyed
by the careless or malicious use of pellet guns, air rifles or air pistols by a per-
son or persons unknown; and
WHEREAS. the City CommissiQn finds fueindiscriminate and uncontrolled
carrying of such weapons upon the public streets and thoroughfares of this city
is a major contributing cause to such damage and threats to the person; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the restriction of the carrying
of such weapons to locations within the City subject to the control and influences
of the parents, neighbors, friends and business acquantenances would be a major
factor in eliminating the malicious or careless distruction pf property and the
threat to the J;?Ublic safety caused by these weapons; NOW THEREFORE . '
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Chapter 19 of the Code of Ordinances~ City of Lubbock,
Texas, be and t he sam.e _i'S--hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following
two new sections designated Section 19-16 and Section 1 9-17 which will hereafter
respectively read in full as follows, to-wit:
"Sec. 19-16. Carrying of certain weapons prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to carry
on or about his person any pellet gun, air rifle or air pistol
of any description, by whatever name known,...that by means
of compressecLair, compressed gas, springs. or any other
means is capable of discharging shots, pellets, or any other
solid object a distance of fift~ (50 1) feet or more.
Sec. 19-17_ Same--Exceptions.
The preceding section shall not apply to a person OI\ his own
premises or place of business or on the premises or place
of business of another with the latter's permission or consent,
nor to a person transporting such weapon by a reasonabl~
direct route between any two locations where possession is
lawful under this ordinance. 11
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SECTION 2. Any person. violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor1 and shall upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not
exceeding two hundred {$200. 00) dollars.
SECTION 3. The City Secretary-Treasurer is hereby authorized and
directed to cause the publication of this ordinance in a newspaper regularly
published in the City of Lubbock once a week for two consecutive weeks and
this ordinance shall become effective ten days after its last publication.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED
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Passed by the Commission on first reading this 14 day of __ un_e ____ , 1962
Passed by the Commission on second rea ing this 28th day of_....;J::...u::::n~e:;.._ __ , 1962.
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