City of Industry Municipal Code Ch. 9.62 Carrying and Discharging Weapons

No person shall shoot, fire, or discharge within the city any gun, pistol or other firearm, or any air gun or pistol, or spring gun or pistol except when it may be necessary so to do to protect life or property.

(Ord. 82 § 1, 1958)

It is unlawful for any person except a duly elected or appointed peace officer to carry concealed upon or about his or her person any revolver, pistol, dagger, dirk, slug or slingshot, billy or other deadly weapon or instrument without first having obtained a written permit from the sheriff of Los Angeles County.

(Ord. 82 § 2, 1958)

The provisions of Section 9.62.020 shall not apply to a person carrying such weapons on his or her own premises or property.

(Ord. 82 § 3, 1958)

A. The sheriff of Los Angeles may in his or her discretion issue permits to responsible parties to carry concealed weapons for a term not exceeding one year.

B. All such permits shall be issued in the manner provided by the ordinances of Los Angeles County in respect to the issuance of said permits and a record of said permit kept in the sheriff's office. Said permit must contain those matters required by the ordinances of Los Angeles County.

(Ord. 82 § 4, 1958)

Every person desiring to obtain a permit must file with the sheriff a written application for the same, which application must be signed by the person making such application, and approved by two or more resident citizens of the city, and a record thereof kept in the sheriff's office; said application must contain all matters and statements and information required by the ordinances of Los Angeles County pertaining to the carrying of concealed weapons.

(Ord. 82 § 5, 1958)

Every person having a permit as provided for in this chapter who refuses to exhibit such permit upon demand of any peace officer of the county is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 82 § 6, 1958)

All concealed weapons found on persons violating the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction of said person be confiscated upon order of the court in which said conviction has been had.

(Ord. 82 § 7, 1958)

No person shall sell at retail within the city a pistol, revolver or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person without first having received a permit from the county sheriff authorizing such person to make such sale.

(Ord. 82 § 8, 1958)

The county sheriff shall issue a permit for the sale of firearms (see Section 9.62.080, upon the receiving of an application accompanied by whatever fee the city council shall set for the issuance of such permit or for the renewal of any permit.

(Ord. 82 § 9, 1958)

No permit shall be issued by the county sheriff except in a form prescribed by the Attorney General of the state of California and all permits so issued shall expire upon June 30th next following the date of issuance.

(Ord. 82 § 10, 1958)

Any permit issued shall be subject to the following conditions, the breach of any of which shall be sufficient cause for revocation of the permit by the county sheriff:

A. The business shall be carried on only in the building designated in the permit.

B. The permit or a copy thereof certified by the county sheriff shall be displayed on the premises where it can be read easily.

C. No pistol or revolver shall be delivered:

1. On the day of the application for the purchase;

2. Unless the purchaser is 'known personally to the holder of the permit or possesses evidence of his or her identity.

D. Any pistol or revolver delivered shall be unloaded and wrapped securely.

E. No pistol or revolver or imitation thereof or placard advertising the sale or other transfer thereof shall be displayed in any part of said premises where it can be readily seen from outside of the place of business of the holder of the permit.

(Ord. 82 § 11, 1958)

A. No person shall carry or possess, while participating in any demonstration, rally, picket line or other such public assembly, any length of lumber, wood, wood lathe or other wood product, unless the other dimensions of such object do not exceed a thickness of one-fourth inch and a width of two inches, or, if not generally rectangular in shape, such object shall not exceed three-quarters inch in its thickest dimension; such object must be blunt and unsharpened at its end and edge and no sharp objects or nails used for fastening signs shall protrude more than one-eighth inch from any side of such object, and the sharp or pointed end of such nail or other fastening device shall be hammered flat against the side of the object to which it is attached.

B. No person shall carry or possess, while participating in any demonstration, rally, picket line or other such public assembly, any bar, shaft, rod, cable, wire or other object made of hard metal, hard plastic or other hard synthetic material.

C. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any person from carrying any knife not prohibited by state law or any city ordinance other than the ordinance codified in this chapter.

(Ord. 512-U § 1, 1985)

IX. Miscellaneous