Chapter 7.24
FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
Sections:
7.24.010 Short firearm defined.
7.24.020 Valid license required.
7.24.040 Penalty for dangerous weapons.
7.24.050 Discharging firearms in city.
7.24.060 Committing crime while armed.
7.24.070 Being armed prima facie evidence of intent.
7.24.080 Possession restrictions.
7.24.100 Exception to NPMC 7.24.090.
7.24.110 Certain transfers forbidden.
7.24.120 Alteration of identifying marks.
7.24.130 False information forbidden.
7.24.140 Antique pistols exempted.
7.24.170 Machine guns or parts contraband.
7.24.180 Air gun, bow, and sling shot defined.
7.24.190 Air gun, bow and sling shot restrictions.
7.24.200 Exemption to NPMC 7.24.190.
7.24.010 Short firearm defined.
“Short firearm” as used in this chapter means any firearm with a barrel less than 12 inches in length. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.020, 1966).
7.24.020 Valid license required.
It is unlawful for any person to carry a pistol or short firearm in a vehicle or concealed on or about his person within the city, without having on his person or in his immediate possession a valid license therefor issued by the state provided in Chapter 9.41 RCW. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.040, 1966).
7.24.030 Delivery restricted.
No person shall deliver a pistol to any person under the age of 21 or to one whom he has reasonable cause to believe has been convicted of a crime of violence, or is a drug addict, an habitual drunkard, or of unsound mind. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.060, 1966).
7.24.040 Penalty for dangerous weapons.
Every person who shall manufacture, sell, dispose of or have in his or her possession any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as a sand club or metal knuckles, shall furtively carry or conceal any dagger, dirk, knife or other dangerous weapon, or shall use any contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of any firearm, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 457 § 1, 1985; Ord. 176 § 7.14.080, 1966).
7.24.050 Discharging firearms in city.
Any person who, within the city limits, fires off or discharges any gun, pistol or firearm of any kind without lawful authority shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.100, 1966).
7.24.060 Committing crime while armed.
If any person commits or attempts to commit a crime of violence when armed with a pistol or other lethal weapon, he shall be punished, in addition to the punishment provided for the crime, by a fine of not more than $500.00 and be imprisoned for 180 days or both. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.120, 1966).
7.24.070 Being armed prima facie evidence of intent.
In the trial of a person for committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence, the fact that he was armed with a pistol or other lethal weapon and had no license or lawful authority to carry the same shall be prima facie evidence of his intention to commit said crime or violence. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.140, 1966).
7.24.080 Possession restrictions.
No person who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence, shall own a pistol or have one in his possession under his control. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.160, 1966).
7.24.090 Carrying pistol.
No person shall carry a pistol in any vehicle or conceal one on or about his person, except in his place of abode or fixed place of business, without a license as provided by law. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.180, 1966).
7.24.100 Exception to NPMC 7.24.090.
The provisions of NPMC 7.24.090 shall not apply to marshals, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens or their deputies, policemen or other law enforcement officers, or to members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States or of the National Guard or organized reserves when on duty, or to regularly enrolled members of any organization duly authorized to purchase or receipt such weapons from the United States or from this state, or to regularly enrolled members of clubs organized for the purpose of target shooting and affiliated with a national shooting organization; provided, such members are at or going to or from their places of assembly or target practice, or to officers or employees of the United States duly authorized to carry a concealed pistol, or to any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, or dealing in firearms or the agent or representative of any such person having in his possession, using or carrying a pistol in the usual or ordinary course of such business, or to any person while carrying a pistol unloaded and in a secure wrapper from the place of purchase to his home or place of business or in moving from one place of abode or business to another. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.200, 1966).
7.24.110 Certain transfers forbidden.
No person other than a duly licensed dealer shall make any loan secured by a mortgage, deposit or pledge for a loan, shall keep such records and make such reports as are provided by law for pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers in cities of the first class. A duly licensed dealer may mortgage any pistol or stock of pistols but shall not deposit or pledge the same with any other person. No person shall lend or give a pistol to another or otherwise deliver a pistol contrary to the provisions of this title. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.220, 1966).
7.24.120 Alteration of identifying marks.
No person shall change, alter, remove, or obliterate the name of the maker, model, manufacturer’s number, or other mark of identification of any pistol. Possession of any pistol upon which any such mark has been changed, altered, removed, or obliterated, shall be prima facie evidence that the possessor has changed, altered, removed or obliterated the same. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.240, 1966).
7.24.130 False information forbidden.
No person shall in purchasing or otherwise securing delivery of a pistol or in applying for a license to carry the same give false information or offer false evidence of his identity. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.260, 1966).
7.24.140 Antique pistols exempted.
This title shall not apply to antique pistols unsuitable for use as firearms and possessed as curiosities or ornaments. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.280, 1966).
7.24.150 Machine guns.
It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, own, buy, sell, loan, furnish, transport, or to have in possession, or under control, any machine gun, or any part thereof capable of use or assembling or repairing any machine gun; provided, however, that such limitation shall not apply to any police officer in the discharge of official duty, or to any officer of member of the armed forces of the United States or the state of Washington. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.300, 1966).
7.24.160 Machine gun defined.
For the purpose of this title, “machine gun” means any firearm or weapon known as a machine gun, mechanical rifle, submachine gun, and/or any other weapon, mechanism, or instrument not requiring that the trigger be proposed for each shot and having a reservoir clip disc, drum, bolt, or other separable mechanical device for steering, carrying or supplying ammunition which can be loaded into such weapon, mechanism, or instrument, and fired therefrom at a rate of five or more shots per second. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.320, 1966).
7.24.170 Machine guns or parts contraband.
All machine guns, or parts thereof, illegally held or possessed are declared to be contraband and it shall be the duty of all police officers to seize said machine gun, or parts thereof, wherever and whenever found. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.340, 1966).
7.24.180 Air gun, bow, and sling shot defined.
As used in this chapter, “air gun,” “bow,” and “sling shot” mean and include the following:
(1) “Air gun” includes air pistol, air rifle, BB gun, and toy guns of any kind or nature when so designed, contrived, modified, and used to propel by compressed air or spring loaded plunger, any pellet, dart, hard-tipped arrow, bean, pea, BB, rock, or other hard substance a distance of more than 25 feet with sufficient force to break windows or inflict injury upon persons or animals.
(2) “Bow” includes any weapon or toy contrived of a flexible rod, cane or stick, with a string, with or without a stock, sight or trigger, for the propelling of arrows affixed with a metallic or hardened tip, when so shot or used as to propel such arrow a distance of more than 25 feet with such force as to break windows or inflict physical injury upon human beings or animals.
(3) “Sling shot” includes any device contrived of string, rubber bands, springs or other tension creating substances, with or without pellet pouch or handle, used to propel pellets, rocks, staples, pebbles, or other hard objects a distance of more than 25 feet with sufficient force to break windows or cause damage or injury to human beings or animals. (Ord. 176 § 7.14.360, 1966).
7.24.190 Air gun, bow and sling shot restrictions.
Except as provided in this chapter, it is unlawful:
(1) For any person to point or shoot a bow, a sling shot or an air gun at any person or property of another, or to aim or discharge such weapons in the direction of the person or residence of another, while within the range as to cause or inflict injury to the person or damage the property of another;
(2) For any merchant to sell or rent any air guns, bows or sling shots to minors under 18 years of age except when such a minor is in the presence of a parent or other legal guardian. (Ord. 683 § 1, 2001; Ord. 497 § 1, 1988; Ord. 176 § 7.14.380, 1966).
7.24.200 Exemption to NPMC 7.24.190.
The provisions of NPMC 7.24.190 shall not apply:
(1) When such person is possessing or using such weapons on any archery course or gun range operated or conducted by any school, educational institution or other regulated group. (Ord. 683 § 1, 2001; Ord. 497 § 2, 1988; Ord. 176 § 7.14.380, 1966).
7.24.210 Violation – Penalty.
Any person convicted of violating any provision of this title shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100.00 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days, or both. (Ord. 725 § 4, 2004; Ord. 683 § 1, 2001; Ord. 176 § 7.14.400, 1966).