A. Definitions:
AIR RIFLE: Any air gun, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, BB gun, pellet gun or any implement which impels a pellet constructed of hard plastic, steel, lead or other hard materials with a force that reasonably is expected to cause bodily harm.
ARROW: A slender shaft, usually pointed at one end and feathered at the other, for shooting from a bow.
BOW: A flexible, curved strip of wood, plastic, metal, or other material with a string or cord connecting the two (2) ends, designed for shooting arrows.
DEALER: Any person, copartnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of selling at retail or renting any of the articles defined in this chapter.
SLINGSHOT: A Y-shaped piece of wood, plastic, metal, or other material with an elastic or similar band attached to the upper tips for the purpose of shooting stones or other projectiles.
B. Sale Or Use Of Air Rifles, Bows And Arrows And Slingshots: It is unlawful for: (1976 Code § 130.035)
1. Any dealer to sell, lend, rent, give or otherwise transfer any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years where the dealer knows or has cause to believe the person to be under eighteen (18) years of age or where the dealer has failed to make reasonable inquiry relative to the age of the person and the person is under eighteen (18) years of age.
2. Any person to sell, give, lend or otherwise transfer any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot to any person under eighteen (18) years of age except where the relationship of parent and child, guardian and ward or adult instructor and pupil exists between such person and the person under eighteen (18) years of age, or where such person stands in loco parentis to the person under eighteen (18) years of age. (1976 Code § 130.035; amd. 2003 Code)
3. Any person to carry any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot on the public streets, roads, highways or public lands within the Village, unless the person carries the rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot unloaded, disassembled, broken down or dismantled in such a manner as to make same inoperable.
4. Any person to discharge any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot in the Village except on a safely constructed target range, or on any private grounds or residence under circumstances when the air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot is fired, discharged or operated in such a manner as not to endanger persons or property and then only if it is used in such manner as to prevent the projectile from passing over any grounds or space outside the limits of such grounds or residence.
5. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, it is lawful for any person to have in his possession any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot, if it is:
a. Kept within his house of residence or other private enclosure;
b. Used by the person if he is a duly enrolled member of any club, team or society organized for educational purposes and maintaining as part of its facilities or having written permission to use an indoor or outdoor target range, and then only if the air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot is actually being used in connection with the activities of the club, team or society; or
c. Used in or on any private grounds or residence under circumstances when the air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot is fired, discharged or operated in such a manner as not to endanger persons or property and then only if it is used in such manner as to prevent the projectile from passing over any grounds or space outside the limits of such grounds or residence.
6. The provisions of this subsection B do not prohibit sales of air rifles, bows and arrows or slingshots:
a. By wholesale dealers or jobbers;
b. To be shipped out of the State;
c. To be used at a target range operated in accordance with subsection B5 of this section or by members of the armed services of the United States or veterans' organizations.
7. Any police officer shall seize, take, remove or cause to be removed at the expense of the owner, any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot sold or used in any manner in violation of this subsection B. (1976 Code § 130.035)