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It is illegal to break a hard-boiled egg at the sharp end.
Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI). This is another law that was likely still on the books until a massive “cleanup” of archaic laws in 2012.
It is illegal to discharge a firearm from a public highway.
General Statutes of Connecticut, Revised to 1997 Title-53 – Crimes Sec. 53-204. Hunting or discharging firearm from public highway. Any person who hunts or discharges any firearm from any public highway shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. This section shall not apply to any law or conservation enforcement officer in the performance…
Nuclear weapons may not be manufactured in the city limits.
Section 8.40.010 Established. A. No nuclear weapons, delivery systems for such weapons, or components expressly intended to contribute to the operation, guidance or delivery of a nuclear weapon shall be produced within the city. B. No waste from the production of nuclear weapons, their components, or commercial nuclear power shall be stored within the city….
No one can carry a bow and arrow within city limits.
13.25.050 Possession of airguns and similar devices. (a) No person shall have in his or her physical possession, nor shall discharge, an airgun, bow and arrow, or slingshot within the city. (b) The prohibitions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to possession or discharging in authorized locations, or to transporting along a…