§ 5-7

Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-7.03 of this chapter, it is unlawful 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 18 years any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring gun, air gun, sling, slingshot, 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 gun, revolver, pistol, or firearm.

(Ord. 11, §§ 1, 11)

Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-7.03 of this chapter, it is unlawful for any person under the age of 18 years to fire, discharge, shoot, or operate, or to assist or participate in the firing, discharging, shooting, or operating, or to have in his or her possession, care, custody, or control any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring gun, air gun, sling, slingshot, 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 gun, revolver, pistol, or firearm. (Ord. 11, § III)

The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed or construed to prohibit the selling, giving, loaning, or furnishing to any person under the age of 18 years, upon the written consent of the parent or guardian of such person, any weapon or explosive substance set forth in Section 5-7.02 of this chapter; nor to prohibit any such person under the age of 18 years from having in his or her possession, care, custody, or control any weapon or explosive substance set forth in said Section 5-7.02 in the event such possession, care, custody, or control of such weapon or explosive substance is had with the consent of the parent or guardian of such person and is under the direct supervision and control of an adult person; nor to prohibit any such person under the age of 18 years from firing, discharging, shooting, or operating any weapon or explosive substance set forth in said Section 5-7.02 when such person is accompanied by, and under the direct care and control of, an adult person and is engaged in hunting any wild game or predatory bird or animal which may be lawfully hunted and killed in the City or is lawfully engaged in shooting at any inanimate target or trapshooting device while accompanied by, and under the direct care and control of, an adult person.

(Ord. 11, § IV)

• (a) As used in this section, the term replica firearm shall include any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material which is a facsimile or toy version of, or is otherwise recognizable as a pistol, revolver, shotgun, sawed-off shotgun, rifle, machine gun, rocket launcher, or any other firearm as that term is used under the provisions of Sections 12001, 12001.5, 12020(d)(1), and 12570 of the State Penal Code.

• (b) For the purposes of this section, the meaning of the term firearm shall be the same as the meaning of that term under the State Dangerous Weapons Control Laws and shall include air rifles, pellet guns or BB guns.

• (Ord. 413)

Every person who, except in self defense, in the presence of any other person, draws, exhibits or brandishes a replica firearm or who simulates a firearm in a rude, angry and threatening manner, or who in any manner, unlawfully uses the same in any fight or quarrel and causes the victim to reasonably believe that the person is actually in possession of an operable firearm is guilty of a misdemeanor.

• (Ord. 413)