Rolling Hills Municipal Code Ch. 9.56 Possession of Firearms by Minors

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For statutory provisions on firearms and minors, see Penal Code § 12550-12552.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.56.040, it is unlawful in the City for any person, firm or corporation to sell, give, loan or in any way furnish or to cause or to permit to be sold, given, loaned or in any way furnished to any person under the age of sixteen years any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring gun, air gun, sling, slingshot or device designed or intended to discharge or capable of discharging any dangerous missile.

(Ord. 8 § 1, 1957).

Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.56.040, it is unlawful in the City for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, give, loan or in any way furnish or to cause or to permit to be sold, given, loaned or in any way furnished to any person under the age of sixteen years any cartridge, shell, ammunition or device containing any explosive substance designed or intended to be used in or fired from any gun, revolver, pistol or firearm.

(Ord. 8 § 2, 1957).

Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.56.040, it is unlawful in the City for any person under the age of sixteen years to fire, discharge, shoot or operate or to assist or to 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, 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 designed or intended to be used or fired from any gun, revolver, pistol or firearm.

(Ord. 8 § 3, 1957).

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed or construed to prohibit in the City the selling, giving, loaning or furnishing to any person under the age of sixteen years upon the written consent of the parent or guardian of such person, any article mentioned in Sections 9.56.010 and 9.56.020, nor to prohibit any such person under the age of sixteen years from having in his or her possession, care, custody or control any article mentioned in Section 9.56.030 in the event that such possession, care, custody or control of such article is had with the consent of the parent or guardian of such person and is under the direct supervision and control of some adult person.

(Ord. 8 § 4, 1957).

Any person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be punished by imprisonment in the City or County Jail for a period not exceeding six months or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 8 § 5, 1957).