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I � 76 58 AN ORDINANCE LIMITING THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM IN ORANGE COUNTY Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Section 153A-129, the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County ordains that: SECTION I. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm outside the corporate limits of any municipality within Orange County except in defense of person or property, provided, however, that this ordinance shall not be applicable to: • A: The discharge of a firearm by any law enforcement officer in the course and scope of such officer's duties • as a law enforcement officer or by any other person • acting pursuant to the lawful directions of any law enforcement officer; B. The discharge of a firearm on one's own land or on the lands of another with the prior consent of such • landowner so long as the discharge of the firearm is in such a manner as to prevent the travel of the projectile, missile, bullet, shot, etc. , onto the land of another; C. The discharge of a firearm for any lawful hunting purposes, provided that such discharge is upon one's own land or upon the land of another with the prior per- • mission of the owner or possessor of said land. SECTION II. In no event shall the discharge of any firearm permitted under Sections I(B) or (C) be lawful within 50. feet of any public street, public building, or within 200 feet of the occupied dwelling of another without such other land owner's prior express permission. SECTION III. Any person who violates the provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be WINSTON, COLEMAN AND BERNHOLZ fined or imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of the Court. ATTORNEYS AT LAW CHAPEL HILL,N.C. HILLSBOROUGH,N.C. •