545.07   DEADLY WEAPONS FOR SALE OR HIRE.
   (a)   Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or shall be confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or both fined and confined, except that where the person violating subsection (b) is other than a natural person, the person shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
 
   (b)   A person may not knowingly sell, rent, give or lend, or, where the person is other than a natural person, knowingly permit an employee thereof to knowingly sell, rent, give or lend, any deadly weapon other than a firearm to a person prohibited from possessing a deadly weapon other than a firearm by any provision of this article.
(WVaC 61-7-10)