Bell Gardens Municipal Code Ch. 17.62 Firearms – Furnishing to or Use by Minors

Except as otherwise provided in BGMC § 17.62.040, it is unlawful in the city for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, give, lend, or in any way furnish, or to cause or permit to be sold, given, lent, 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, or other device designated or intended to discharge, or capable of discharging, any dangerous missile.

(Prior code § 3500)

Except as otherwise provided in BGMC § 17.62.040, it is unlawful in the city for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, give, lend, or in any way furnish, or to cause or permit to be sold, given, lent, or in any way furnished, to any person under the age of 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.

(Prior code § 3501)

Except as otherwise provided in BGMC § 17.62.040, it is unlawful in the city 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 of, or to have in his or her possession, care, custody, or control, any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring gun, air gun, sling, slingshot, or other 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.

(Prior code § 3502)

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed or construed to prohibit in the city the selling, giving, lending, or furnishing to any person under the age of 18 years, upon the written consent of the parent or guardian of such person, any article mentioned in BGMC § 17.62.010 through § 17.62.030; nor to prohibit any such person under the age of 18 years from having in his or her possession, care, custody, or control any article mentioned in BGMC § 17.62.030 in the event that such possession, care, custody, or control is had with the consent of the parent or guardian of such person, and is under the direct supervision and control of some adult person; nor to prohibit any such person under the age of 18 years from firing, discharging, shooting, or operating any article mentioned in BGMC § 17.62.030 when such person is accompanied by, and under the direct care and control of, some 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, some adult person.

(Prior code § 3503)