# BYLAW NO. 1875 - A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NO. 1452 BEING THE "FIREARMS AND BOW USE BYLAW NO. 1452, 2013."

Meeting: Regular Council — October 21, 2019

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Bylaw No. 1875 amends City of Langford Bylaw No. 1452 (Firearms and Bow Use Bylaw, 2013) to expand its scope to regulate the discharge of firearms and bows and to add axes and knives, including definitions and permitted uses. It also renames the citation and renumbers sections as described.

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### BYLAW NO. 1875

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## BYLAW NO. 1875

### A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NO. 1452 BEING THE “FIREARMS AND BOW USE BYLAW NO. 1452, 2013.”

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## A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NO. 1452 BEING THE “FIREARMS AND BOW USE BYLAW NO. 1452, 2013.”

The Council of the City of Langford in open meeting assembled enacts as follows:

### 1.
Bylaw No. 1452 cited as “Firearms and Bow Use Bylaw No. 1452, 2013” is amended by:

a)  
Deleting the current top of page bylaw subtitle and replacing it with “A BYLAW TO
REGULATE THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS AND BOWS AND THE THROWING OF AXES
AND KNIVES

b)  
Inserting to Section 1, the following definitions:

f) “Axe” means a tool consisting of a metal blade attached at a right angle to a handle,
often used for chopping wood, and can include a hatchet or tomahawk.  
g) “Knife” – means a cutting instrument consisting of a blade fastened to, or equipped
with a handle and can include a spike, shuriken or similar weapon.

c)  
Adding a new Section 3 to read as follows:

No person shall throw, propel or cast, for target or any other purpose, an axe or a knife
within the City of Langford except as herein provided:

(i)  
Indoors only as a member of an organized axe or knife throwing Association or
League;  
(ii)  
By any person participating as the customer or client of a licensed business
which hosts controlled axe and knife throwing events.

d)  
Renumbering Sections 3 to 5 to become Sections 4 to 6 respectively.

e)  
Deleting the bylaw citation and replacing it with “City of Langford Firearms, Bow, Axe
and Knife Use Bylaw, No. 1452, 2013”

### 2.
This Bylaw may be cited as the “Firearms and Bow Use Bylaw No. 1452, 2013 Amendment No. 1,
Bylaw No. 1875.”

READ A FIRST TIME this   day of   , 2019

READ A SECOND TIME this      day of         , 2019

READ A THIRD TIME this            day of              , 2019

RECONSIDERED, FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED this              day of           , 2019.

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATOR