ARTICLE III. AIR RIFLES AND TOY WEAPONS DEALERS (4-144-140 et seq.)

4-144-140 License required when.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of selling or to sell or to give away any air rifle or air gun, or any toy firearms or other toy in the nature of a firearm in which any explosive substance can be used, without securing a weapons dealer license, and no person having secured such license shall sell or give away any such weapon to any person within the city who has not secured a permit from the superintendent of police to purchase such weapon in the manner hereinafter provided.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 4-16-97, p. 42588)

4-144-145 Replica air guns – Sale or transfer prohibited.

   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of selling or to sell, exhibit for sale, give away or otherwise transfer any replica air gun in the city of Chicago. For purposes of this article, "replica air gun" means and includes any air gun, air pistol, air rifle, spring gun, spring pistol, BB gun, pellet gun or any other implement that a person could reasonably perceive as an actual firearm but that is not a firearm, and that is capable of firing or discharging a projectile constructed of hard plastic, steel, lead or other hard materials with a force that reasonably is expected to cause bodily harm.

(Added Coun. J. 10-4-06, p. 87431, § 1)

4-144-150 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 4-16-97, p. 42588, as corrected by Coun. J. 9-14-05, p. 55267, repealed § 4-144-150, which pertained to license – application.

4-144-160 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 4-16-97, p. 42588, as corrected by Coun. J. 9-14-05, p. 55267, repealed § 4-144-160, which pertained to license – fee.

4-144-170 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 9-11-13, p. 59869, § 7, repealed § 4-144-170, which pertained to a required daily report.

4-144-180 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 9-11-13, p. 59869, § 7, repealed § 4-144-180, which pertained to a required permit.