Monrovia Municipal Code Ch. 9.52 Threats with Replica Firearms

(A) As used in this chapter, the term REPLICA FIREARM shall include any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material which is a facsimile or toy version of, or is otherwise recognizable as, a pistol, revolver, shotgun, sawed-off shotgun, rifle, machine gun, rocket launcher, or any other firearm as that term is used under the provisions of Cal. Penal Code §§ 12001, 12001.5, 12020(d)(1), and 12570.

(B) For purposes of this chapter, the meaning of the term FIREARM shall be the same as the meaning of that term under the Dangerous Weapons Control Laws of the State of California, and shall include air rifles, pellet guns or BB guns.

(`83 Code, § 9.52.010) (Ord. 87-32 § 1 (part), 1987)

Every person, who, except in self-defense, in the presence of any other person, draws, exhibits or brandishes a replica firearm, or who simulates a firearm in a rude, angry and threatening manner, or who in any manner, unlawfully uses the same in any fight or quarrel and causes the victim to reasonably believe that the person is actually in possession of an operable firearm, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(`83 Code, § 9.52.020) (Ord. 87-32 § 1 (part), 1987)