3-17A
SALE OF WEAPONS:

3-17A.1 Hours Of Sale:

No business establishment located within the boundaries of this city will be permitted to sell firearms of any kind except between the hours of nine o’clock (9:00) A.M. and nine o’clock (9:00) P.M. (Ord. #1320, §1)

3-17A.2 Assault Weapons:

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, exchange, give, loan or possess any assault weapon within the limits of the city. It shall further be unlawful for the driver or owner of any vehicle to knowingly permit the presence of an assault weapon in such vehicle within the city.

a. Subject to subsection 3-17A.2c of this section, the term “assault weapon” as used in this section, shall include:

1. Any semiautomatic action, center fire rifle or carbine which accepts a detachable magazine with a capacity of twenty (20) rounds or more, including, but not limited to, the following firearms or their copies: AR 15 semiautomatic assault rifles, Uzi semiautomatic assault rifles or carbines, Ingram Mac-10 semiautomatic assault carbines, Ingram Mac-11 semiautomatic assault carbines, Heckler and Koch 93 semiautomatic assault rifles, Heckler and Koch 91 semiautomatic assault rifles, AK-47 semiautomatic assault rifles, AKM-47 semiautomatic assault rifles, all Avtomat Kalashnikov weapons, M1-A semiautomatic assault rifles, M-14 semiautomatic assault rifles, Thompson semiautomatic carbines and any other semiautomatic carbines manufactured by Auto Ordnance;

2. Any shotguns with a barrel of less than eighteen inches (18") and a folding stock or magazine capacity of more than six (6) rounds;

3. Any weapon which may be readily restored to an operable “assault weapon” as defined in subsections 3-17A.2a1 and a2 of this section; and

4. Any part, or combination of parts, designed or intended to convert a weapon into an “assault weapon”, as defined in subsections 3-17A.2a1 and a2 of this section, or any combination of parts from which an assault weapon may be readily assembled, if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person.

b. As used in this section, the term “semiautomatic” means a weapon which fires a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger and which employs a magazine.

c. The term “assault weapon” does not include any of the following:

1. Any of the above generally and specifically described weapons which is a “machine gun” as the term is defined by Section 12200 of the Penal Code of the State of California; any pistol, revolver or other firearm which is capable of being concealed upon one’s person, as defined and regulated by the provisions of Section 12025 of the Penal Code of the State of California;

2. Any of the following: weapons which do not use fixed ammunition, weapons which were manufactured prior to 1898, manually operated bolt action weapons, lever action weapons, slide action weapons, single-shot weapons, multiple-barrel weapons, revolving cylinder weapons, semiautomatic weapons which use exclusively Mannlicher-style clips, semiautomatic weapons manufactured prior to 1954, rim-fire weapons that employ a tubular magazine;

3. Any assault weapon which is an antique or relic firearm or other weapon falling within the specifications of paragraphs (5), (7) and (8) of Subsection (b) of Section 12020 of the Penal Code of the State of California;

4. Any short-barreled rifle or shotgun as defined in Subsection (c) of Penal Code Section 12020; or

5. Any assault weapon which has been modified either to render it permanently inoperable or to permanently make it a device no longer defined as an assault weapon.

d. Except as specified in paragraphs e, f, and g, no person, including wholesale and retail gun dealers, shall sell, offer or display for sale, give, lend or transfer ownership of, or possess any assault weapon.

e. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the acquisition, possession, or disposition by police departments, sheriff’s offices, marshal’s offices, the California Highway Patrol, other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, or the military and naval forces of this state or of the United States for use in the discharge of their official duties; nor shall anything in this section prohibit the possession of assault weapons or magazines therefor by regular, salaried, full-time officers, employees or agents thereof when on duty and the use of assault weapons is within the scope of their duties.

f. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the possession of any assault weapon when such possession is prohibited by the provisions of Section 12031 of the Penal Code of the State of California or Section 2010 of the Fish and Game Code of the State of California.

g. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph d of this section:

1. Any person who obtains title to an assault weapon by bequest or intestate succession may retain possession for a period of time not to exceed six (6) months, and shall within that time transfer title of the weapon to a dealer licensed pursuant to Article 4 of the State of California Penal Code, commencing at Section 12250, or to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department or other police agency;

2. An assault weapon may be maintained in the possession of an entity or establishment engaged in the business of motion picture, television or video production, but only for the purpose of being utilized as a prop during the course of motion picture, television or video production by an authorized participant therein or by an authorized agent or employee of the entity or establishment, and only if the entity or establishment properly secures such assault weapon from unauthorized use; and

3. An assault weapon may be possessed by any federal, state or local historical society, museum or institutional collection which is open to the public, provided any such weapon is properly housed, secured from unauthorized handling and is unloaded.

(Ord. #1320, §2)

3-17A.3 Waiting Period for Purchase of Firearms.

Where no waiting period is already in effect, pursuant to any other provision of law, there is hereby instituted a fifteen (15) day waiting period between the time that application is made for the sale of any firearm within the City and the time that such weapon may be given to the purchaser. (Ord. #1320, §3)

3-17A.4 Application for Purchase of Firearms; Notice.

Upon application of an individual to purchase any firearm in this City, notice will be sent to the following:

a. The City Manager;

b. The Chief of Law Enforcement Officer of this City; and, where applicable;

c. The Probation or Parole Officer of the person so purchasing.

(Ord. #1320, §4)