OLD Sec. 78-32. Weapons prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take on a recreation facility any weapon, or to shoot, use, carry or employ any weapon or similar device in a recreation facility.
NEW Sec. 78-32. Weapons prohibited.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any weapon or similar device in a recreation facility.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to take on a recreation facility any weapon, or to use, carry or employ any weapon or similar device in a recreational facility. This subsection (b) shall not apply to firearms as defined by O.C.G.A. 16-11-171(3).
Definitions
OCGA 16-11-171(3)
78-1 Defines "weapons" and "recreation facility":
Weapon means firearm, rifle, pistol, revolver, paintball gun, or any weapon designed or intended to propel a shot, bullet, or other missile of any kind, or any device capable of discharging a projectile by air, spirit, gas or explosive, or any explosive substance or harmful solid, liquid and gaseous substance, or any spear, arrow, bow and arrow, slingshot, crossbow, spear or spear gun, or any dirk, Bowie knife, switchblade knife, ballistic knife, or any other knife, straight-edged razor, spring stick, metal knuckles, blackjack, any bat, club or other bludgeon-type weapon, or any flailing instrument or any disk which is designed to be thrown or propelled and which may be known as a throwing star or oriental dart, or any weapon of like kind, and any stun gun, taser or similar device.
78-3 Defines "unlawful":
"Firearm" means any weapon that is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any firearm muffler or firearm silencer, or any destructive device as defined in 18 U.S.C. Section 921(a)(3).
Recreation facilities means all recreation areas in parks, including land, buildings, lakes, swimming pools, sports fields, cemeteries, and all other property and buildings owned, leased, or managed by the county, the county recreation authority, the golf course commission, the designated agents or departments of the county or the county recreation authority, and including all recreation areas and parks in the county owned by the United States government.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000.00 or may be confined in the county jail for a term not exceeding 60 days, or both.