San Fernando Municipal Code Art. VI Weapons

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Dangerous or deadly weapon means and includes, but is not limited to, any dirk or dagger; any knife with a blade three inches or more in length; any snap-blade or spring-blade knife, regardless of the length of the blade; any icepick or similar sharp stabbing tool; any straight-edge razor or any razor blade fitted to a handle; any dangerous or deadly weapon within the meaning of any state law restricting the use thereof; and any cutting, stabbing or bludgeoning weapon or device capable of inflicting grievous bodily harm, whether such instrument is called by any name set forth in this definition or by any other name; and any firearm other than the following:

(1) One carried by a peace officer or carried pursuant to a valid permit, issued by a duly authorized governmental authority; or

(2) An ordinary rifle or shotgun lawfully carried for purposes of hunting or other lawful sport.

(Code 1957, § 29.1)

Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.

It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession, in any automobile, any dangerous or deadly weapon, but this restriction shall not be deemed to prohibit the carrying of ordinary tools or equipment carried in good faith for uses of honest work, trade or business or for the purpose of legitimate sport or recreation.

(Code 1957, § 29.2)

It shall be unlawful for any person, while carrying concealed upon his person any dangerous or deadly weapon, to loaf or loiter upon any public street, sidewalk or alley or to wander about from place to place with no lawful business thereby to perform or to hide, lurk or loiter upon or about the premises of another.

(Code 1957, § 29.3)

It shall be unlawful for any person, who has concealed upon his person any dangerous or deadly weapon, to loiter upon any place where intoxicating liquors are sold or any other place of public resort.

(Code 1957, § 29.4)

It shall be unlawful for any person who has concealed upon his person or who has in his immediate physical possession any dangerous or deadly weapon to engage in any fight or to participate in any other rough or disorderly conduct upon any public place or way or upon the premises of another.

(Code 1957, § 29.5)

(a) Required. No person shall fire, shoot or discharge any gun, rifle, pistol or other firearm or any airgun, air rifle or air pistol or any spring gun, spring rifle or spring pistol or any carbon dioxide or other gas-operated gun, rifle or pistol without having first obtained a written permit from the chief of police.

(b) Issuance; expiration. Any permit issued by the chief of police under subsection (a) of this section shall state the purposes for which issued, the times for shooting and the date of expiration. No permit shall be valid for a period in excess of seven days.

(c) Exceptions. This section shall not apply to a peace officer in the performance of his duty nor to any person while:

(1) Shooting in a municipally licensed or municipally owned or operated shooting gallery, pistol or target range;

(2) Shooting in any place or location approved, in writing, by the chief of police for target practice or shooting;

(3) Shooting in and as a part of an adult supervised training program or curriculum of any public or private school or club or association organized for instruction in the use of firearms; or

(4) Lawfully defending life or property.

(Code 1957, § 29.9)

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

(b) This section shall not be construed to prohibit any person from selling, exchanging, giving or loaning to any such minor any of the weapons described in subsection 50-256(a) or the ammunition or projectile therefor, where such person receives and keeps on file written permission to do so from one of the parents or legal guardian of such minor on the form and in the manner prescribed in this subsection for the purpose of enabling the minor to engage in shooting or discharging weapons as provided in subsection 50-256(a) or for the purpose of engaging in legitimate sport or recreation outside the city. The written permission referred to in this subsection shall be on a form prescribed by the chief of police, and the form shall be filled in and executed by one of the parents or the legal guardian of such minor and such minor at the police department in the presence of a police officer.

(Code 1957, § 29.12)

(a) No person under 18 years of age shall have in his possession, care, custody or control any article or thing mentioned in section 50-257.

(b) This section shall not be construed to apply to a minor under the age of 18 years where such minor has in his possession the written permission therefor from one of such minor's parents or such minor's legal guardian on the form prescribed in section 50-257 when engaged in shooting or discharging weapons as provided in subsection 50-256(a) or when traveling to and from any of the places mentioned in subsections 50-256(c)(1), (2) and (3) or when engaged in legitimate sport or recreation outside the city.

(Code 1957, § 29.13)

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

(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, no person, including retail gun dealers, shall sell, give, lend or transfer ownership or offer for sale any firearm ammunition during the seven calendar days preceding and including July 4 and January 1 of each calendar 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 to a retail gun dealer or of ammunition requested which meets the parameters of Penal Code § 12324 relating to disarmed ammunition.

(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit sale to, purchase by or acquisition of firearm ammunition to any person exempted from such restrictions by state law as such persons are described in Penal Code § 12302 or 12322.

(e) This section shall have no application to the prohibitions on the sale of firearm ammunition established by Penal Code §§ 12301 et seq. and 12320 et seq. or any other prohibitions established by the state statutes.

(f) Any person found in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor offense.

(Code 1957, § 29.15)

(a) As used in this section, the term "licensee" has the same meaning as used in Penal Code § 12071(a)(1), as amended.

(b) Any time the licensee is not open for business, the licensee shall store all firearms kept in the licensed place of business using one of the following methods as to each particular firearm:

(1) Store the firearm in a secure facility that is a part of or that constitutes the licensee's business premises.

(2) Secure the firearm with a hardened steel rod or cable of at least one-eighth inch in diameter through the trigger guard of the firearm. The steel rod or cable shall be secured with a hardened steel lock that has a shackle. The lock and shackle shall be protected or shielded from the use of a bolt cutter, and the rod or cable shall be anchored in a manner that prevents the removal of the firearm from the premises.

(3) Store the firearm in a locked fireproof safe or vault in the licensee's business premises.

(c) The chief of police or the chief's designee shall have the authority to enter, at any time of the day or night with 24-hour notification, any licensed place of business, on an annual basis or as otherwise determined to be necessary by the chief of police, to inspect the licensee's premises for compliance with the requirements set forth in this section and for compliance with all other federal and state licensing requirements.

(Code 1957, § 29.16)