Fontana Municipal Code Div. 1 Generally

No portion of this article shall prohibit the possession of any firearm or any ordinary air rifle or pellet gun, or any ammunition for such weapons, if carried pursuant to a valid permit issued by a duly authorized government agency or lawfully carried for purposes of gun safety training, hunting, fishing or other lawful sport.

(Code 1968, § 32-1)

The purpose in passing this article is to supplement state law regulating and controlling deadly weapons, Penal Code § 12000 et seq.

(Code 1968, § 32-2)

It shall be unlawful in the city to fire, discharge, shoot or operate or to assist or participate in the firing, discharging, shooting or operating of any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring gun, airgun, 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 devised or intended to be used or fired from any gun, revolver, pistol or firearm, except when it may be necessary so to do to protect life or property, or to destroy or kill any predatory or dangerous animal, or in the hunting of game with a shotgun within the boundaries of a hunting or game club or game farm when the pellets discharged from such shotgun do not exceed the size of number 2 shot, or in the enforcement of any law by any peace officer, and except when used at any pistol or rifle range in accordance with rules and regulations approved by the police department and the city council in connection with the operation of such pistol or rifle range.

(Code 1968, § 32-10)

State Law reference— Discharge of firearms at dwelling houses and similar places, Penal Code § 246; shooting firearms from or upon public roads or highways, Penal Code § 374c.

(a) No person shall sell, exchange, give or lend to any person under 18 years of age any snapblade, springblade or gravity knife, gun, revolver, pistol or firearm of any description, or any spring gun or airgun or other device designed or intended to discharge any pellets, BB shot, shot or other deadly or dangerous missile, or any ammunition, cartridge, shell or other device, whether containing any explosive substance or not, designed and intended for use in any weapons enumerated in this article.

(b) No portion of this section shall prohibit the giving to, lending to or possession by a minor of any air rifle, pellet gun, rifle, shotgun or pistol, or any ammunition for such firearm, air rifle or pellet gun, for the purposes set forth in sections 16-106 and 16-135, nor prohibit the selling thereof for such purpose, provided the minor has the written consent of a parent or legal guardian.

(Code 1968, § 32-11)

(a) No person, except those exempt by state or federal law, shall carry or possess within his immediate control any firearm, whether loaded or not, into or upon any city-owned building, premises or function.

(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent or prohibit a person from possessing a firearm in any of the following circumstances:

(1) For the purposes of registering it at the city safety service.

(2) At any range owned or operated by the city.

(c) No person, except those exempt by state or federal law, shall carry or possess within his immediate control any loaded firearm capable of being concealed upon his person within the city.

(d) A firearm shall be deemed loaded for the purpose of this section whenever both the firearm and unexpended ammunition capable of being discharged from such firearm are in the immediate possession of the same person.

(e) In order to determine whether or not a firearm is loaded for the purpose of enforcing this section, peace officers are authorized to examine any firearm carried by anyone on his person or in his vehicle while in any public place or on any public street within the city. Refusal to allow a peace officer to inspect a firearm pursuant to the provisions of this article shall constitute probable cause for arrest for violation of this article.

(Code 1968, § 32-12)

(a) As used in this section, the meaning of the term "firearm" shall be the same as the meaning of that term under the Dangerous Weapons Control Law of the state, and such term shall include air rifles, pellet guns and BB guns. A replica or facsimile of a firearm shall include any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material which can reasonably be perceived as an actual firearm. Such term does not include any nonfiring replica of an antique firearm, the original of which was designed, manufactured and produced prior to 1898.

(b) No person shall manufacture, display, market for sale, distribute or sell a replica or facsimile of a firearm.

(c) Except in self-defense, no person shall draw, exhibit or brandish a replica or facsimile of a firearm or simulate a firearm in a rude, angry or threatening manner, with the intent to frighten, vex, harass or annoy any other person.

(d) No person shall draw, exhibit or brandish a replica or facsimile of a firearm or simulate a firearm in the presence of a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician or paramedic engaged in the performance of his duties, when the person committing such brandishing knows or has reason to know that such technician or paramedic is engaged in the performance of his duties.

(e) This section shall not apply to the display of replica firearms solely for lawful use in theatrical productions, including motion picture, television and stage productions. Such devices shall not be displayed to the general public or sold for other use in the city, regardless of where manufactured or purchased.

(Code 1968, § 32-13)