3-17
WEAPONS1:
3-17.1 Discharge Of Firearms And Slingshots:
a. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm, air gun or spring gun within the city except at an inanimate target or trapshooting device while under the supervision of either the chief of police or the recreational director at a time and place designated by either, and as a part of a regularly constituted program of target practice or hunting safety.
b. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, operate or discharge a slingshot within the city.
c. Nothing contained in subsections 3-17.1a and b of this section, shall be deemed to prohibit or curtail the exercises, maneuvers or other activities of the United States armed forces or the militia of the state as defined by section 120 of the state Military and Veterans Code, nor to prohibit a public display of fireworks as regulated by the provisions of sections 12600 to 12609 of the state Health and Safety Code within the limits of a public park in the city. (Code 1972 §22-37)
3-17.2 Furnishing Ammunition To Persons Under Eighteen:
Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful in the city for any person to sell, give, loan or in any way furnish or to cause or permit to be sold, given, loaned or in any way furnished to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years any cartridge, shell, ammunition or device containing any explosive substance, designed or intended to be used in or fired from any gun, revolver, pistol or firearm. (Code 1972 §22-38)
3-17.3 Furnishing Or Selling Spring Loaded Guns To Persons Under Eighteen:
a. Furnishing: Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful in the city for any person to give, loan or in any way furnish, or to cause or permit to be given, loaned or in any way furnished to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years any spring loaded or BB gun designed or intended to discharge, or capable of discharging any dangerous missile.
b. Selling: It shall be unlawful in the city for any person to sell, or to cause or permit to be sold, to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years any spring loaded or BB gun or device designed or intended to discharge, or capable of discharging any dangerous missile. (Code 1972 §22-39)
3-17.4 Persons Under Eighteen Possessing Or Discharging Firearms And Other Weapons:
Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful in the city for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to have in his possession, care, custody or control any firearm, air gun or spring gun, slingshot, sling or device designed or intended to discharge, or capable of discharging any dangerous missile, or any cartridge, shell, ammunition or device containing any explosive substance designed or intended to be used in or fired from any firearm. (Code 1972 §22-40)
3-17.5 Parental Consent For Persons Under Eighteen:
Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to prohibit in the city the selling, giving, loaning or furnishing to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years upon the written consent of the parents or guardian of such person any article mentioned in this section, nor to prohibit any person under the age of eighteen (18) years from having in his possession, care, custody and control any weapon mentioned in this section in the event that such possession, care, custody or control of such article is had with the consent of the parent or guardian of such person and is under the direct supervision and control of some person over the age of twenty one (21) years. (Code 1972 §22-41)
3-17.6 Gun Dealer:
a. Definition: Gun dealer shall mean any person, firm or corporation who sells or otherwise transfers to the public, any pistol, revolver or other firearm, new or used, capable of being concealed upon the person. “Gun dealer” includes any person, firm or corporation who purchases, takes in trade or accepts on consignment from the public, any firearm of any type, including, but not limited to, pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns.
b. Permit Requirements; Records: If a permit is granted to a gun dealer pursuant to chapter 4 of this code, it shall be subject to the following conditions, for breach of any of which the permit shall be subject to forfeiture:
1. The business shall be carried on only in the building designated in the license.
2. The license or a copy thereof, certified by the issuing authority, shall be displayed on the premises where it can easily be seen.
3. No pistol or revolver shall be delivered:
(a) Within fifteen (15) days of the application for purchase, and when delivered shall be unloaded and securely wrapped.
(b) Unless the purchaser either is personally known to the seller or shall present clear evidence of his identity.
4. No pistol or revolver, or imitation thereof, or placard advertising the sale or other transfer thereof, shall be displayed in any part of the premises where it can be readily seen from the outside.
5. The gun dealer shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to his business.
Upon the request of any peace officers, a gun dealer shall furnish all records pertaining to the gun dealer’s transactions, including, but not limited to, all records required to be maintained by law, and shall permit an inspection of the licensed premises. (Code 1972 §§22-42, 22-43; Ord. #1059, §§2, 3)
3-17.7 Replica Firearms; Manufacture And Sale Prohibited:
a. Except as provided in subsection 3-17.7d of this section, no person shall manufacture, display, market for sale, distribute, sell or possess outside of the home a replica or facsimile of a firearm.
b. As used in this subsection, the meaning of the term “firearm” shall be the same as the meaning of that term under the “dangerous weapons control law” of the state of California, and shall include air rifles, pellet guns and BB guns. A “replica or facsimile of a firearm” shall include any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material, which can reasonably be perceived as an actual firearm. Such term does not include any nonfiring replica of an antique firearm, the original of which was designed, manufactured and produced prior to 1898.
c. As used in this subsection, the meaning of the term “home” shall mean house, apartment, mobilehome, or other permanent dwelling unit. The term “home” shall not mean automobile or van.
d. The manufacture, marketing, distribution, sale and possession of replica or facsimile firearms are permitted if such devices are manufactured, marketed, distributed, sold or possessed: 1) solely for subsequent transportation in intrastate, interstate or foreign commerce, or 2) solely for lawful use in theatrical productions, including motion picture, television and stage productions. Such devices shall not be displayed to the general public or sold for other use in the city of Lynwood, regardless of where manufactured or purchased. (Ord. #1345, §1)
Pen.C. §12000 et seq.