Chapter 9.16 — WEAPONS

5. For statutory provisions pertaining to the control of deadly weapons, see Pen. C.A., Section 12000 et seq.

(a)

The term "firearm ammunition," as used in this section, shall include any ammunition for use in pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, or any other device designed to be used as a weapon from which is expelled a projectile by the force of any explosion or other form of combustion.

(b)

Except as specified in subsections (c) and (d), no person, including retail gun dealers, shall sell, give, lend or transfer ownership of any firearm ammunition during any of the following periods:

(1)

During the seven days prior to the first day of January of each year or on the first day of January of each year;

(2)

During the seven days prior to the Fourth of July of each year or on the fourth day of July of each year;

(3)

During the seven days prior to the sixteenth day of September of each year or on the sixteenth day of September of each year.

(c)

Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sale or transfer of ownership of firearm ammunition by a wholesale gun dealer to another wholesale gun dealer or by a wholesale gun dealer to a retail gun dealer, or of ammunition requested by Section 12324 of the Penal Code.

(d)

Nothing in this section shall prohibit sale to or acquisition by any person described in Section 12302 or 12322 of the Penal Code.

(e)

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale of any firearm ammunition when such sale is prohibited by Sections 12303, 12303.6, 12304 or 12321 of the Penal Code, or is otherwise prohibited by Chapter 2.5, Title 2, Part 4, of the Penal Code.

(Ord. 444, 1991).

Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.16.040, it is unlawful 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 eighteen years, any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring gun, air gun, sling, sling shot, or device designed, or intended, to discharge, or capable of discharging, any dangerous missile.

(Prior code § 3500).

Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.16.040, it is unlawful 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 eighteen years, any cartridge, shall, 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 Sections 9.16.040 and 9.16.041, it is unlawful for any person 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, sling shot, or device designed, or intended, to discharge, or capable of discharging, any dangerous missile, or any cartridge, shall, ammunition or device containing any explosive substance, designed or intended to be used in or fired from, any gun, revolver, pistol or firearm.

(Ord. 184 §1, 1972: prior code §3502).

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed or construed to prohibit the selling, giving, lending, or furnishing to any person under the age of eighteen years, upon the written consent of the parent or guardian of such person, any article mentioned in Sections 9.16.010 and 9.16.020 hereof; nor to prohibit any such person under the age of eighteen years from having in his or her possession, care, custody or control any article mentioned in Section 9.16.030 hereof in the event that the possession, care, custody, or control of the article is had with the consent of the parent or guardian of the person and is under the direct supervision and control of some adult person; nor to prohibit any such person under the age of eighteen years from firing, discharging, shooting, or operating any article mentioned in Section 9.16.030 when the 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 such adult person.

(Prior code §3503).

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit any person of the age of eighteen years or older from firing, discharging, shooting, or operating any article mentioned in Section 9.16.030 when the person 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.

(Ord. 184 §2, 1972).

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

(Ord. 319 §1, 1982: prior code §3504).

As used in this chapter, the terms "knives and daggers" shall include any knife, dirk or dagger having a blade of three inches or more in length; any spring-blade, switch-blade or snap-blade knife; any locking blade knife; any knife any blade of which is automatically released by a spring mechanism or other mechanical device; any ice pick or similar sharp stabbing tool; any straight-edge razor or any razor blade fitted to a handle.

(Ord. 345 §2(part), 1984).

Every person who sells to any minor any dirk or dagger, or any knife with a blade three inches or more in length, or any snap-blade or spring-blade knife or locking blade knife, regardless of the length of the blade, unless such minor is accompanied by a parent or guardian and unless the person selling such dagger or knife keeps a full and complete record of the name and address of the purchaser, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 345 §2(part), 1984).

It is unlawful for any person to carry on his person, in plain view, any knife or dagger.

(Ord. 345 §2(part), 1984).

The provisions of Sections 9.16.051 through 9.06.053 shall not be deemed to prohibit the carrying of ordinary tools or equipment for use in a lawful occupation or for the purpose of lawful recreation, or where the carrying of a knife or dagger is a recognized religious practice.

(Ord. 345 §2(part), 1984).

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

(Prior code §3505).