Selma Municipal Code Ch. 4 Deadly Weapons

(A) As used in this Section, but in no wise limited thereto, "Dangerous or Deadly Weapon" shall mean any knife with a blade three inches (3") or more in length; any spring-blade, switch-blade, or snap-blade knife or other similar type knife; a knife any blade of which is automatically released by a spring mechanism or other mechanical device; any ice pick, or similar sharp, stabbing tool; any straight edge razor or any razor blade fitted to a handle; any cutting, stabbing, bludgeoning weapon or device capable of inflicting grievous bodily harm.

(B) 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.

(C) 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.

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

(E) The foregoing restrictions 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 recreation.

Notwithstanding any provision in this Chapter to the contrary, no person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, keep, carry, possess, loan, transfer or give to any other person, any spring-blade, switch-blade, snap-blade knife, or other similar type knife or any knife any blade of which is automatically released by a spring mechanism or other mechanical device. (Ord. 492; 12-17-56)

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or give to any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years, any revolver or pistol of any kind from or by means of which any bullet, shot or other missile of any kind may be fired or projected by means of percussion caps, cartridges or any explosive substances whatever. 1

The word "Firearm" as used in Sections 6-4-5, 6-4-6 and 6-4-7, shall mean any gun, rifle, shotgun, air gun, B-B gun, pellet gun, crossbow, bow and arrow, tube,launcher, sling, or any other instrument used for discharging projectiles capable of doing bodily harm.

It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge a firearm within the City limits of the City of Selma, except in the case of (a) a public officer or member of the armed forces in the lawful discharge of his duties, or (b) a person necessarily acting in the lawful defense of person or property, or (c) a shooting gallery, practice range, or skeet field conducted at a fixed location and with adequate safeguards, for which a permit has been issued by the Chief of Police, or (d) a pistol for shooting blank cartridges when used as a starting gun for athletic contests or as a stage property for a dramatic production, or (f) a construction gun, rivet gun or "driveit" gun, or (g) in connection with a parade or other military ceremonial events, and the like.

It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to have a firearm in his possession within the City limits of the City of Selma at anytime, except when (a) he is in the company of one of his parents, or (b) within the walls of his home, or (c) he is handling merchandise in the course of services of a carrier or the post office or a licensed retail merchant, or (d) in connection with starting guns, he is acting as an equipment athletic manager or starter in an athletic contest, or (e) in connection with stage properties for dramatic productions, or (f) in connection with a drill, demonstration, or parade under the jurisdiction and control of a public school or a branch or reserve force of the armed forces of the State of California or the United States, or (g) in connection with a shooting gallery, practice range, training school, or skeet field conducted at a fixed location and with adequate safeguards, for which a permit has been issued by the Chief of Police, and under the control of qualified supervisors or instructors approved by the Chief of Police, or (h) when he is in the company of a police officer, or qualified supervisor or instructor approved by the Chief of Police.

Any firearm that has been discharged unlawfully or possessed unlawfully, as provided in Sections 6-4-5 and 6-4-6 hereinabove, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and any police officer of the City of Selma is empowered to seize the same and remove it from the possession of the owner or possessor thereof, and upon the order of the Chief of Police, the same shall be destroyed. (Ord. 727; 2-18-75)