Maywood Municipal Code Art. 2 Ammunition Sales

(a) The term "firearm ammunition" as used in this chapter, 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 explosion or other form of combustion.

(b) "Vendor" shall mean any individual, gun store, firm or corporation having a business license to sell ammunition.

(§ 1, 00-468, eff. July 27, 2000)

Except as specified in subsections (a), (b) and (c) hereof, no person, including retail gun dealers, shall sell, give, lend or transfer ownership of any firearm ammunition during a period eight days prior to and including January 1st and July 4th each year.

(a) 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 referred to in Section 12324 of the Penal Code of the State of California.

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

(c) 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 of the State of California.

(§ 1, 00-468, eff. July 27, 2000)

(a) Every holder of a business license to sell ammunition shall maintain records pertaining to ammunition sales prescribed by this chapter on the licensed premises and in the manner prescribed herein.

(b) Every record shall contain the following:

(1) The date of the transaction;

(2) The purchaser's name, address, and date of birth;

(3) The purchaser's drivers license number or other identification and state where that identification was issued;

(4) The brand of ammunition purchased;

(5) The type and amount of ammunition purchased;

(6) The purchaser's signature.

(c) The information required by this section shall be completed in a logbook at the time of the purchase.

(d) The record shall be maintained in chronological order by date of sale of the ammunition, and shall be retained on the licensed premises of the vendor for a period of two years following the date of the purchase of the ammunition.

(e) At the direction of the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, police officers may enter the premises of any licensed vendor during regular business hours for the purpose of examining or inspecting any record required by this chapter.

(f) The requirements of this section shall not apply to:

(1) Any person described in Section 12302 or Section 12322 of the Penal Code of the State of California;

(2) Any off-duty peace officer who displays proper agency identification which identifies him or herself as an active peace officer;

(3) Any person who has been issued a permit to carry a concealed weapon under the authority of Section 12050 of the Penal Code of the State of California;

(4) Any security guard licensed under the authority of Section 12033 of the Penal Code of the State of California;

(5) Any firearm dealer who has been issued a Federal Firearms License or a Certificate of Eligibility by the State of California.

(§ 1, 00-468, eff. July 27, 2000)

(a) No person shall sell or otherwise transfer to any other person a clip, magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device which has a capacity of, or which can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than ten rounds of ammunition.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

(1) The sale or transfer of such devices to any person described in Section 12302 or Section 12322 of the Penal Code of the State of California; or

(2) The sale or transfer of ownership of such device by a wholesale gun dealer to another wholesale gun dealer or by a wholesale gun dealer to a retail gun dealer; or

(3) Any entity or establishment engaged in the business of motion picture, television, video, theatrical, or re-enactment production, provided the clip, magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device is used solely as a prop in the course of the motion picture, television, theatrical, or re-enactment production by an authorized agent or employee of the entity or establishment, and only if the entity or establishment properly secures such magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device from unauthorized use; or

(4) Any federal, state or local historical society, museum or institutional collection which is open to the public provided such magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device is properly housed, secured from unauthorized handling and is unloaded.

(§ 1, 00-468, eff. July 27, 2000)